A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of
Vietnam War Research Collections
Vietnam Documents
and
Research Notes Series
/translation and Analysis of
Significant Viet Cong/North Vietnamese
Documents
UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA
A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of
Vietnam War Research Collections
VIETNAM DOCUMENTS AND
RESEARCH NOTES SERIES
Translation and Analysis of Significant
Viet Cong/North Vietnamese Documents
Project Editor
Robert E. Lester
Guide compiled by
Robert E. Lester
A microfilm project of
UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Vietnam documents and research notes series : translation and analysis
of significant Viet Cong/North Vietnamese documents : a guide to the
microfilm edition of Vietnam War research collections / guide
compiled by Robert E. Lester; project editor, Robert Lester.
p. cm. -- (Vietnam War research collections)
Includes index.
ISBN 1-55655-416-8
1. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Sources.
I. Lester, Robert.
II. Series.
DS557.4.V553
1992
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
v
Source and Editorial Notes
vi
Acronyms/lnitialisms
vii
Map—RVN and VC Administrative Divisions
viii
Reel Index
Reel 1
1966
1
1967
1968
1969
1
3
9
Reel 2
1969 cont
1970
12
13
Reel 3
1970 cont
1971
16
17
Reel 4
1971 cont
18
Reel 5
1972
20
Reel 6
1972 cont
1973
1974
1975
22
23
25
25
Subject Index
27
INTRODUCTION
The Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office (JUSPAO) was an interagency organization created in May
1965 by the U.S. Embassy, the U.S. Operations Mission, and U.S. Information Agency (USIA), as part
of the U.S. Mission in South Vietnam. JUSPAO coordinated all U.S. psychological and information
activities, was directed by a senior USIA official in the Embassy, and carried out the traditional USIA
programs. These programs explained and interpreted U.S. policies, actions, and culture to Vietnamese
audiences. JUSPAO was also responsible for providing overall policy guidance to and coordination
of U.S. psychological operational efforts. They developed, advised, and supported countrywide
psychological operation (PSYOP) programs that involved the Vietnamese national media and the
Vietnamese Ministry of Information. In the field, the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV)
executed psychological programs with JUSPAO providing support, especially for pacification and
national development programs ("nation-building"). Ultimately, JUSPAO was responsible for evaluating
PSYOP activities in the field and on the national level in order to determine their validity and
effectiveness.
The Vietnam Documents and Research Notes were issued as a research service by the U.S.
Mission in South Vietnam. Originally, these notes were compiled and distributed by the North Vietnam
Affairs Division of the JUSPAO in the U.S. Embassy. After December 1967, these notes were
distributed by the minister-counselor for information, and after October 1972, by the U.S. Information
Service Branch of the U.S. Embassy. The notes were compiled from sources within JUSPAO and are
dated between October 1967 and February 1975.
These notes consist of and/or highlight translated Viet Cong and North Vietnamese political and
military reports, treatises, resolutions, directives, and program descriptions. In addition, they contain
U.S. and South Vietnamese commentary on the enemy material, as well as analyses of political
methodology, strategy, infrastructure, and history. While the majority of the notes relate to political
topics, military topics include analyses of soldiers' diaries and comments on military conditions
and tasks.
Captured documents represent one of the most valuable sources for first-hand intelligence on
enemy activities, problems, and concerns. Information gleaned from captured documents can
provide timely and detailed data on subjects ranging from enemy order of battle and attack plans, to
strategy and tactics, to political proclamations and infrastructure. These Vietnam Documents and
Research Notes highlight the effectiveness of the U.S., South Vietnamese, and Free World military
and political efforts during the Vietnam War.
SOURCE NOTE
The documents included in UPA's micropublication entitled Vietnam Documents and Research
Notes Series are from the holdings of the Vietnam Studies Room, Library of the U.S. Army Military
History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.
EDITORIAL NOTE
The reports in this micropublication have been filmed in their entirety. UPA has made every effort
to include all of the Vietnam Documents and Research Notes that are held by Library of the U.S. Army
Military History Institute.
ACRONYMS/INITIALISMS
COSVN
Central Office for South Vietnam (North Vietnamese political and military
controlling organization in South Vietnam, particularly in III and IV CTZ)
CTZ
Corps Tactical Zone
DRV
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)
GVN
Government of [South] Vietnam
JUSPAO
Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office
NFLSV
National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam
NLF
National Liberation Front (also called the National Liberation Front of
South Vietnam)
NVA
North Vietnamese Army (see also VPA)
PLAF
People's Liberation Armed Forces (VC/NVA)
PRC
People's Republic of China
PRG
Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam
PRP
People's Revolutionary Party (Communist Party of South Vietnam; the Southern
Branch of the Lao Dong Party)
ROK
Republic of Korea
RVN
Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
USSR
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
VANDPF
Vietnam Alliance of National, Democratic, and Peace Forces
VC
Viet Cong (or Vietnamese Communist)
VCI
Viet Cong Infrastructure
VPA
Vietnam People's Army (official name for North Vietnamese Army)
VWP
Vietnam Workers' Party (North Vietnamese Communist Party)
REEL INDEX
The following index is a list of document titles and their contents. The four-digit number on the far left is the
frame number at which the document begins. It is followed by the document title in bold, document number (if
available), date, number of pages, and a descriptive abstract.
Reel 1
Frame No.
1966
0001
A Study: The Communist Party of South Vietnam.
Unnumbered. March. 29pp.
Outlines the history of the PRP from its designation as the South Branch of Lao
Dong Party(North Vietnam's Communist Party) to its transformation as the "vanguard"
of the NLF. This study highlights the PRP's policies and programs, reasons for formation, and organization and structure. Biographic sketches of prominent PRP leaders
and a comparison of PRP and Lao Dong Party bylaws are included as appendices.
0030
Diary of an Infiltrator.
Unnumbered. December. 32pp.
This is a composite "diary" created from several hundred captured diaries. The
majority of the diaries were captured in the Central Highlands and cover the period
from July 1965 to August 1966. This composite diary highlights the plight of NVA
conscripted soldiers serving in South Vietnam, including the state of morale; health
and food situation; progress of the war; political indoctrination methods; military
training; effectiveness of Chieu Hoi and related programs; and the effects of air strikes
and helicopter landings. Diary entries also highlight the personal side of war—
loneliness, fear, homesickness, "the first kill," and the determination to survive. All
entries in this composite diary are direct quotations in translation from the Vietnamese.
0062
A Study: Prospects for the Viet Cong.
Unnumbered. December. 63pp.
Analyzes the crisis in organization and effectiveness of VC to predict and conclude
a victory in the South. Sections detail the South Vietnamese Communists'
organizational weapon; his doctrine; conditions in South Vietnam; and the Communist
response to the problems of doctrine, manpower, logistics, and morale by political
indoctrination and PRP leadership.
1967
0125
Diary of an Infiltrator.
Document No. 1. October. 6pp.
Excerpts from the diary of Mai Van Hung, an NVA soldier en route to the South.
This diary was captured by the U.S. 25th Infantry during operations in the Central
Highlands on March 14,1967. Highlights include the plight of a young NVA draftee
soldier serving in South Vietnam; the state of morale; progress of the war; political
indoctrination; and military training. The diary entries also highlight the personal side of
war—loneliness, fear, and homesickness. All excerpts in this report are direct
quotations in translation from the Vietnamese.
Frame No.
0131
Problems of a North Vietnamese Regiment.
Document Nos. 2-3. October. 34pp.
Consists of two documents highlighting the operational activities and results of the
95th Regiment (An Thai Regiment) of the NVA Army operating in South Vietnam.
These documents were captured in Phu Yen Province on July 19,1967, by the ROK
9th Infantry Division, operating in the Thon Bac Battle Area.
The first document is a resolution adopted by the An Thai Party Committee evaluating the enemy and friendly situation from the end of 1965 and a severe self-criticism
of the regiment. Highlights include discussion of limited warfare problems, personnel
and material losses, low morale, breaches of discipline, and poor leadership.
The second document is a directive dated May 13,1967, defining the political tasks
for the regiment's 1967 Summer Campaign in Phu Yen Province. The purpose of this
campaign was to restore the Communist political and military infrastructure in an area
where the South Vietnamese government's pacification program was enjoying
success.
0165
Within a Viet Cong Stronghold: Deliberations of the Supply Council, Chau Thanh
District, Binh Duong Province, January 1967.
Document No. 4. October. 8pp.
Consists of the minutes of a meeting of the standing committee of the Chau Thanh
District VC Supply Council, captured by the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment during
Operation CEDAR FALLS. Highlights the civilian support of VC units operating in the
Iron Triangle and problems encountered when this support breaks down. The minutes
focus on operational errors, bad morale, lack of party leadership, and effectiveness of
enemy intelligence activities as reasons for this breakdown.
0173
Repressing Counter-Revolutionaries: The Viet Cong System of Punishment.
Document No. 5. October. 10pp.
Consists of a December 24,1965, directive issued by the headquarters of the VC's
Military Region 5, responsible for operations in the northern provinces of South
Vietnam. This document was captured by U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division on October 3,
1966. This directive defines the policy for repression of counter-revolutionaries, or
those who actively oppose VC efforts to gain control of South Vietnam, by methods
ranging from assassination to thought reform. It reviews past policy shortcomings, and
prescribes the desired methods for carrying out punishment policy in both GVN and
VC areas of control.
0183
The People's Revolutionary Party in Rural Areas.
Document No. 6. October. 10pp.
Illustrates the experiences of the PRP in the operation of the party infrastructure in
rural areas. This document was promulgated by the Current Affairs Section, COSVN,
on August 18,1966 and was intended as a policy paper for study by village and hamlet
PRP members on improvement of relations with the indigenous population. It was
captured during Operation CEDAR FALLS on January 12,1967.
0193
Religious Problems in North Viet-Nam.
Document No. 7. October. 10pp.
Consists of an article published in Hoc Tap, a journal of the Vietnamese Workers
Party, outlining North Vietnam's policy toward religion. It highlights the problem of
religious dissidence and the need to "use fully the power of the State machine" to
counter this dissidence.
Frame No.
0203
The Position of North Viet-Nam on Negotiations.
Document No. 8. October. 12pp.
Excerpts from DRV statements concerning negotiation efforts. In addition, the
excerpts highlight the use of negotiations for propaganda and political warfare
purposes, especially against the American soldier and public, and world opinion.
North Vietnam's 'lighting and negotiating" strategy is described.
0215
Political Program of the South Vietnam National Liberation Front.
Unnumbered. October. 40pp.
This report consists of three documents. The first, entitled Background to a
Manifesto, highlights the NLF's current aims and ostensible plans for the future and its
formula for "national salvation," with the VC's "three-pronged" tactics of combining
political struggle, mass proselytizing, and military struggle. The second and third
documents consist of the texts of the NLF political programs for 1967 and 1960,
respectively.
0255
"The Same Historical Chain"—"Forward under the Glorious Banner of the
October Revolution."
Document No. 9. December. 18pp.
Text of an article by Le Duan, First Secretary of the Central Committee, VWP,
congratulating the USSR on the 50th anniversary of the 1917 October Revolution.
Highlights the triumph of Soviet communism with special reference to its influence on
the development of Vietnamese communism. Much of the text is a doctrinaire review
of history, but it also sets forth North Vietnam's concept of its role in world communism. This article was broadcast by Radio Hanoi and disseminated in English by the
Viet-Nam News Agency's International Service on November 4.
0273
From Poetry to Reality: A North Vietnamese Soldier's Notebook.
Document No. 10. Undated. 12pp.
Consists of a pocket-sized notebook captured by the 3d Marine Division in Quang
Tri Province on October 11. This notebook belonged to an unnamed NVA soldier that
infiltrated South Vietnam across the Ben Hai River. The notebook entries highlight
Vietnamese renditions of common U.S. military commands, a personnel and weapons
list, and diary entries regarding the soldier's mental attitudes on the war.
0285
Viet Cong Youth Activities.
Document No. 11. December. 8pp.
Insight into the VC system of youth organization is given in this captured document
of two handwritten circular letters from a Binh Dinh provincial district Youth Group to
the executive committees of subordinate chapters. These circulars outline a plan to
organize village and hamlet youth for suicidal terrorist and paramilitary operations. This
document was captured by the 1st Air Cavalry Division, operating in the east central
part of Binh Dinh Province, in June.
1968
0293
Pacification and the Viet Cong Reaction.
Document No. 12. January. 6pp.
Picture of pacification in a rural area as seen through VC eyes. Consists of a letter
from a VC agent, operating in Phu Yen Province, to a superior officer and friend in the
provincial VC infrastructure. It describes the effects of pacification on the VCI in the
Song Cau District, including the defection to the GVN of numbers of village and hamlet
guerrillas, and proposes assassination as method to regain control of the situation.
Frame No.
0299
"Out of Rice, Ammunition, and Bandages:" Notes of a VC Veteran.
Document No. 13. January. 6pp.
Provides insight into the ebb and flow of advance and retreat, of success and
failure, of rest and hardship in a VC battalion. This diary highlights the experiences of a
combat-trained NVA medical corpsman operating in Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh
Provinces during campaigns in 1965 and 1966. All excerpts are direct quotations in
translation from the Vietnamese.
0305
NLF Thoughts on Peace Negotiations, World Policies—A Cadre's Notes on a
High Level Reorientation Course.
Document No. 14. January. 10pp.
Records guidance given in a 1967 reorientation course to party personnel of VC
Military Region 4 [Saigon area] on the thoughts of the NLF pertaining to peace
negotiations and world opinion, and the "fighting while negotiating" policy. In addition,
highlights include comments on the Sino-Soviet Crisis, pacification, and reaffirmation
of the "three-pronged" strategy. This document was captured by the U.S. 199th Light
Infantry Brigade during operations in Hau Nghia Province in July 1967.
0315
Troop Training and Combat Competition Campaign—An Emulation Plan.
Document No. 15. January. 10pp.
Describes an emulation campaign outlined in a directive prepared for the NVA
Second Division, with an endorsement from the headquarters of the 64th Regiment, a
subordinate element of the division. Emulation is one of the methods employed by
Communist organizations to strengthen the conviction of their followers and to
publicize the feats of heroes of the movement. NVA and VC units used this method
to mold close-knit organization, raise morale of the individual soldier, and foster
combat effectiveness. This document was captured by an element of the 3d Marine
Division during operations in Quang Nam Province on May 6,1967.
0325
The Problems of a Dispensary.
Document No. 16. January. 8pp.
Extracts from three captured documents attesting to the low morale, rice shortage,
and lack of medical supplies afflicting a VC dispensary in Quang Nam Province in the
midst of a U.S. and Allied ground operation. The documents were captured by the
198th Light Infantry Brigade in Quang Ngai Province on November 27,1967.
0333
"Rice Tassels and Potato Rows:" Viet Cong Goals for Production.
Document No. 17. February. 6pp.
Commentary highlighting the NLF desire to increase agricultural output, agricultural
tax collection, growing substitutes for rice, more women and children to participate in
order to offset manpower shortage, and austerity measures. In addition, economic and
logistical problems and loss of control over population and territory are discussed. This
commentary was broadcast in Vietnamese by NLF Liberation Radio as a follow-up to
an appeal for support of the 1967-1968 Winter-Spring Campaign.
0339
Sharpening the Third Prong: An Increase of Viet Cong Proselytizing.
Document No. 18. February. 13pp.
Highlights a directive drafted by the Military and Enemy Proselytizing Section of a
Quang Ngai provincial district headquarters outlining the objectives and requirements
of the proselytizing program for the 1967-1968 Winter-Spring Campaign.
Proselytizing, part of the NLF's "three-pronged" strategy, was a psychological warfare
technique employed by the VC in an attempt to create discord and disaffection among
target audiences. Primary targets were military personnel of the RVN Armed Forces
and Free World Military Assistance Forces and GVN civil government officials and
representatives. This document was captured by the U.S. 4th Infantry Division in early
1968 during operations in Quang Ngai Province.
Frame No.
0352
Self-Criticism: Report from a North Vietnamese Division.
Document No. 19. February. 8pp.
Analyzes the political and ideological situation in several battalions of the NVA 3rd
Division following operations against the U.S. and ROK forces in Binh Dinh Province.
This is an example of the self-criticism encouraged in Communist ranks for the
conditioning of troops and party members. This document was captured by the 1st
Air Cavalry Division on January 10,1968.
0360
"The New Situation and Mission:" A Viet Cong Training Document.
Document No. 20. March. 12pp.
Exemplifies the intensive political indoctrination of low-level cadre, party members,
"sympathetic masses," and troops for the 1967-1968 Winter-Spring Campaign.
Captured in Tay Ninh Province on November 25,1967.
0372
Organizations and Committees Formed by the Viet Cong during the 1968 Lunar
New Year Offensive.
Document No. 21. March. 8pp.
Lists and describes the various united front creations following the early successes
of the Tet Offensive. As an example of the VC's political struggle program, these
organizations were designed to expand the popular support for the NLF and advance a
general uprising in urban and rural areas. These organizations are subdivided into four
categories: uprising committees; proselytizing organizations; political alliances; and
territorial administrative organizations.
0380
"Time Opportunity:" The Uprising Appeal of Viet Cong Leaflets.
Document No. 22. March. 16pp.
Sample collection of propaganda leaflets disseminated during the Tet Offensive
emphasizing the theme that it was "now or never" for the revolutionary uprising. These
leaflets use the phrase Ihoi coi," which translates literally as 'lime opportunity." This
phrase is generally taken to mean "the historically decisive moment—the time period in
which a long sought opportunity may become reality and this opportunity must be
grasped for it may never return."
0396
Viet Cong Political Geography.
Document No. 23. March. 10pp.
Reproduces outline maps showing military regions and provinces under the VC
military and political system. In addition, there are descriptions of the different military
and administrative systems and organizations in the provinces, regions, and special
zones. Compiled by Albert E. Palmerlee and Military Assistance Command, Vietnam,
from captured documents in 1967.
0406
Women in the Winter-Spring Campaign.
Document No. 24. April. 7pp.
Outlines the tasks assigned by the Current Affairs Committee of the Women's
Liberation Association of Binh Dinh Province, in support of the upcoming Winter-Spring
Campaign. Women were called upon for front line combat duty, rear service operations, welfare work among soldiers' dependents, and propaganda, proselytizing and
indoctrination activities.
Frame No.
0413
The Quang Da Farmers' Association: A Provincial Activity Plan.
Document No. 25. April. 9pp.
Outlines the activity plan for the Farmers Association of Quang Nam Province
[Quang Da on VC maps] for the Winter-Spring Campaign. This plan calls for expanded
agricultural output and food support of VC troops.
The Farmers' Liberation Association is considered the linch-pin for the NLF in rural
areas. This organization serves the NLF as a conduit for educating the rural population
in VC ideology and NLF policies. In addition, it acts as an agency for manpower
recruitment and procurement of supplies. This report highlights the expectations of the
NLF for the rural population in support of the Winter-Spring Campaign. This document
was captured by the U.S. 1st Marine Division in Quang Nam Province.
0422
"Defend Order and Security:" A North Vietnamese Decree on the Punishment of
Counterrevolutionaries.
Document No. 26. April. 8pp.
Comprises the text of radio broadcast from Hanoi, in Vietnamese, regarding a
decree passed by the DRV's National Assembly Standing Committee Secretariat
outlining punishment for counterrevolutionary crimes in all of Vietnam.
0430
Fighting at Tet: A Viet Cong After-Action Report.
Document No. 27. April. 6pp.
Describes offensive operations of the K2 Battalion of the NVA 9th Division in the
vicinity of Phu Loi Base and Phu Huu Hamlet [Binh Duong Province] against U.S. and
ARVN forces February 1-2. This document describes the pre-operation preparations,
actions from the time of contact, lessons learned, and results. It was captured by an
element of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division on February 28.
0436
"The Decisive Hour:" Two Directives for Tet.
Document Nos. 28-29. April. 15pp.
Consists of two directives outlining the preparation for the upcoming offensive and
treatment of the populace in occupied or "liberated" areas. The first directive, promulgated by a PRP Provincial Standing Committee to subordinate district committees
[possibly in Binh Dinh Province], exhorts VC and party members to prepare for the
Winter-Spring Campaign, including forming suicide groups and conducting terrorist
activities. The second directive, captured in the My Tho area, provides guidance on
how troops should behave in the anticipated attack and occupation of cities and towns.
0451
After Tet: Three Viet Cong Assessments.
Document Nos. 30-32. April. 11pp.
Consists of three sample analyses of the Tet Offensive from the VC perspective.
These assess the successes and failures and recommend actions to overcome the
setbacks suffered. The first document, which was captured in Bien Hoa Province
during March, contains a critique of VC units in that area and highlights military and
political successes and failures. The second document is a circular issued by the PRP
Standing Committee of Can Tho Province [Phong Dinh Province] outlining the post-Tet
mission of VC units active in a Mekong Delta province. The third document is a
political and proselytizing directive, disseminated in Hau Nghia Province, urging
greater emphasis on the political struggle and on attempts to inspire U.S. and Allied
troops to desert.
0462
On North Viet-Nam's 1968 State Plan.
Document No. 33. May. 10pp.
Analysis of North Vietnam's emphasis on economic decentralization, buildup of
local industry and agriculture, and effective utilization of manpower, by Premier Pham
Van Dong. Published in Hoc Tap, the theoretical journal of the VWP.
Frame No.
0472
"The Party in Command:" Political Organization and the Viet Cong Armed
Forces.
Document No. 34. May. 19pp.
Describes the intricate COSVN politico-military organization and its evolution from
notes taken at a COSVN training conference and captured by ARVN forces in VC
Military Region 3, during late 1967. Highlights include the party's leadership over the
armed forces; civil versus military problems; political commissar activities; and leadership of the operations committee of the provincial and district military commands.
0491
"People's Revolutionary Councils" in Rural Areas.
Document No. 35. June. 8pp.
Directive issued by the VC High Command, the Standing Committee of the COSVN,
emphasizing the political administrative organization at the local level in rural areas.
This directive outlines instructions for creation and composition of People's Liberation
Councils and Committees. This document was captured March 5 by a unit of the U.S.
25th Infantry Division in Hau Nghia Province.
0499
North Vietnam's Role in the South.
Document Nos. 36-37. June. 23pp.
Two papers outlining the presence of NVA units in South Vietnam and enumerating
increases in Sino-Soviet war material being shipped to the South. The first paper was
submitted by Ambassador W. Averell Harriman to DRV representatives in Paris at the
May 27 meeting.The second paper, compiled from captured documents, intelligence
briefs, and interrogation reports, also outlines the NVA presence in the South. These
papers trace the buildup of NVA forces and supplies in the South, beginning after the
1954 Geneva Conference, and the escalation of the North's war efforts and control in
the South. Political activities are also discussed.
0522
The Sixth Resolution, Central Office of South Viet-Nam.
Document No. 38. July. 10pp.
Assesses the results of the Tet Offensive against South Vietnamese urban areas
and outlines the immediate mission to continue the political and military struggle by
whatever means necessary, including assassination. In addition, the text highlights
methods by which COSVN will strengthen discipline and confidence of
the party leadership and outlines the uprising policy.
0532
Indoctrination Notes on Peace Talks: A Call for "Violent Revolution" to the End.
Document No. 39. July. 8pp.
Consists of a set of notes taken during a political indoctrination course given for
NVA troops. Highlights include reinforcement of the fighting while negotiating strategy;
concern that peace talks will cause troops to develop "peace illusions"; and desire to
increase combat activities. This document was captured by the 1st Marine Division in
Quang Nam Province on June 11.
0540
The Central Office of South Vietnam (COSVN).
Document No. 40. August. 24pp.
Details the evolution, responsibility, leadership, and political and military organization of the highest level of the insurgent infrastructure in South Vietnam. This
document was compiled from various captured documents by Albert E. Palmerlee
for the use of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam.
0564
The Leadership of the National Liberation Front.
Document No. 41. August. 5pp.
Listing of NLF leadership positions and incumbents. Compiled from a variety of
sources, including Liberation Radio and Radio Hanoi broadcasts, interrogation reports,
and intelligence briefs.
Frame No.
0569
Political Program of the Viet-Nam Alliance of National, Democratic and Peace
Forces.
Document No. 42. September. 7pp.
Liberation Radio broadcast text outlining the political program of the Alliance of
National, Democratic and Peace Forces [ANDPF], a united front organization. The
program describes three principal points: national salvation, national reconstruction,
and national reunification.
0576
Friction between Northern and Southern Vietnamese: Directives Urge Standing
"Shoulder-to-Shoulder with Our Kith-and-Kin Brothers."
Document Nos. 43-44. September. 8pp.
These two documents reveal the nature and extent of friction and discord between
NVA troops and VC units, and efforts to alleviate this problem. The first document is a
directive published by the Standing Committee of B1 [code name for COSVN Military
Region Headquarters] on December 20,1967 that stresses that it is the duty of the
people to extend assistance and protection to northerners and calls for increased
political and ideological indoctrination. This document was captured in Phuoc Long
Province by the 101st Airborne Division on April 26.
The second directive, issued on June 2 by the South Vietnam Liberation Army
Military Affairs Party Committee, cites that friction remains prevalent in the South
Vietnam Liberation Army [VC] and treatment of NVA troops along infiltration routes
must be improved. This document was captured by the U.S. 9th Infantry Division on
August 8 in Gia Dinh Province.
0584
The Process of Revolution and the General Uprising.
Document No. 45. October. 25pp.
Begins with NLF definitions of independence, democracy, peace, and neutrality and
continues with an outline of the doctrinal theory of the General Offensive-General
Uprising. Highlights include the theoretical basis for coordinating the military and
political struggles; establishment of a National Democratic Coalition Government;
strengthening the ideological requirements for victory; and an analysis of the situation
as it was expected to develop in the Saigon-Cholon area. This document was captured
on May 22,1968, by a unit of the U.S. 9th Infantry Division in Bien Hoa Province.
0609
On Political and Ideological Indoctrination against Desertion and Surrender.
Document No. 46. October. 7pp.
Describes the existence of severe morale problems in some VC units and
introduces an activity plan for increased political and ideological indoctrination.
Circulated to units of the Dong Nai Regiment, this document begins with praise, cites
possible causes for low morale, and finally details a plan for enhancing the ideological
commitment of individual soldiers and the proper discharge of the responsibilities of
leadership. This document was captured by the U.S. 1st Infantry Division in Binh
Duong Province on September 9.
0616
"People's Revolutionary Administrations:" A Progress Report.
Document No. 47. December. 13pp.
Progress report on the organizational activity on the Sub-Region level. This
document, a directive issued by the Current Affairs Committee of T3 [Sub-Region 3],
outlines the effort to build "revolutionary" administrations at all organizational levels,
the composition and functions of local administrations, and reasons for slow progress
in the establishment of local "revolutionary" administrative units. This document was
captured by elements of the U.S. 9th Infantry Division on September 10,1968, during
operations in the Mekong Delta area.
Frame No.
0629
North Viet-Nam's New Food Policy.
Document No. 48. December. 9pp.
Outlines the goals, requirements, and administration of the food policy adopted by
the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee, VWP on June 8. Highlights include
efforts to redress the balance between production capabilities and requirements;
increased planning and organization of circulation, distribution, and consumption;
management unification and distribution activities of state and agricultural cooperatives; and abolishment of free market enterprise. Translation from an article in
Hoc Tap, journal of the VWP, August 1968.
1969
0638
Viet Cong Economic and Financial Missions in One Province.
Document No. 49. January. 19pp.
Provides an appreciation of the nature of the missions and operations of the Binh
Dinh Provincial Finance and Economy Section, a subsection of the COSVN infrastructure. This resolution outlines the present situation, various missions, and organizational efforts to achieve the desired results in the last months of 1968. Missions
include agricultural production; self-sufficiency; financial, including taxation; food
procurement; trade and business transactions; and training and improvement of
technical skills. This document was captured by the ROK Capital Infantry Division.
0657
Index of Vietnam Documents and Research Notes, and Other Publications of
the North Vietnam Affairs Division, JUSPAO.
Document No. 50. January. 2pp.
Lists titles and page counts for numbered documents [nos. 1-49] published
between October 1967 and January 1969.
0661
"Let Us Be Grateful to Karl Marx and Follow the Path Traced by Him."
Document No. 51. February. 44pp.
Consists of a review of the career and doctrines of Karl Marx and explores the
question of how the Lao Dong Party has applied Marxism-Leninism in Vietnam. This
speech by North Vietnam's party theoretician, Truong Chinh, was delivered on the
150th birthday of Karl Marx and was broadcasted by Radio Hanoi to all of Vietnam.
Highlights include Truong Chinh's views on the application of Marx's teachings to
the present and future conditions in North and South Vietnam; agrarian reforms;
strengthening of the party's political base; and a rejection of the all-out offensive
strategy, with the Tet 1968 offensive as an example.
0707
An Activities Plan for Village Revolutionary Administration.
Document No. 52. February. 9pp.
Outlines the specific tasks to be undertaken by the functional offices of a village
"revolutionary" administration upon occupation by the VC. They include tasks capable
of being performed immediately, such as the consolidation of village military
commands to improve combat efficiency and defense and levying of taxes, and
longer term projects such as teacher training and construction of schools, houses,
and hospitals. This document was issued on October 13,1968, and appears to have
originated from the My Tho Provincial Unit. It was captured by elements of the U.S.
9th Infantry Division.
Frame No.
0716
"Plan for Strengthening the Vast Rear Base and the Vast Front Line:" North
Vietnam's 1969 State Plan.
Document No. 53. March. 6pp.
Enumerates the tasks that need to be carried out to meet the demands of the war,
increase agricultural and industrial production, expand communications and transportation system, and plan for the post-war period. This document appeared as an
article by Nguyen Van Dai, vice chairman of the State Planning Commission, for
broadcast by Radio Hanoi's Domestic Service on January 17.
0722
"Make the Religion-Proselytizing Task a Routine Activity:" A Plan for One
District.
Document No. 54. March. 9pp.
Outlines the plan for establishment of a religion-proselytizing subsection within a
district organization [in Binh Dinh Province] and defines its task. The mission of this
subsection is to expand activities to municipalities, towns, and hinterlands, and at the
same time establish and expand agent networks in religious organizations, propagandize adherents, and use appropriate measures to retain support. This document
was captured by a unit of the ROK's Capital Infantry Division in Binh Dinh Province
on January 10.
0731
A COSVN Directive for Eliminating Contacts with Puppet Personnel and Other
"Complex Problems."
Document No. 55. April. 10pp.
Highlights the campaign for "motivating the masses" to continue supporting the VC
cause by highlighting the various problems of defections, carelessness of security,
misconduct, and "reactionary" tendencies. The campaign is outlined in a directive from
the Current Affairs Committee of Sub-Region 3 of the COSVN, dated October 15,
1968. This document was captured by the U.S. 9th Infantry Division on November 20,
1968, in Long An Province.
0741
"It Is Better to Return Home and Cultivate the Land Than to Join the
Revolutionary Army." Reports on Desertion and Recruitment.
Document Nos. 56-57. April. 8pp.
Conveys increasing incidence of desertion, particularly from provincial and higher
units, the effect the deserters' actions and words have upon recruitment problems, and
lack of effective political and ideological indoctrination. The documents, dated July 13,
1968, and titled 'The Status of Deserters" and "Situation of Strength Building," are
presumed to have been compiled by a district-level VC unit for submission to its next
higher command. These documents were captured in Binh Dinh Province on January
1 by the U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade.
0749
Self-Sufficiency: A Duty of Cadre and Combatant.
Document Nos. 58-59. May. 10pp.
Illustrates the VC's concern for food supplies by requiring combat and support units
to become self-sufficient in food production. The first document, a circular dated
November 25,1968, and issued by the Coordination and Operation Section of a Dinh
Tuong provincial unit, highlights self-sufficiency as a major policy of the party and
prescribes self-sufficiency quotas for various provincial agencies and units according
to function. It was captured in Dinh Tuong Province on January 8,1969. The second
document, a directive, was issued by the Commander of Unit 206 on November 29,
1968. It highlights the desire to comply with higher headquarters' demands for selfsufficiency and requires certain units to act as "farmers." This document was captured
in Kontum Province on January 7,1969.
Frame No.
0759
Provisional Revolutionary Government: The Broadcast Record.
Document No. 60. June. 20pp.
Highlights the organization, structure, and membership of the Provisional
Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam [PRG]. This document consists of
texts of announcements by Liberation Radio on June 10.
0779
"Decisive Victory:" Step by Step, Bit by Bit.
Document Nos. 61-62. June. 15pp.
COSVN's interpretation, in the light of its doctrines, of the cessation of bombing
in the North, the Paris Conference, and announced readiness of the U.S. to withdraw
troops. These documents intimate that these developments are ingredients in the
forthcoming "decisive victory" that will be completed by intensifying the military,
political, and troop proselytizing attacks. Both documents foreshadow offensives to be
launched in the summer of 1969. The first document, a circular issued by a Current
Affairs Committee [possibly for Sub-Region 1] of COSVN was captured by the U.S.
1st Infantry Division in Binh Duong Province on March 1. The second document,
leaves from the notebook of an unidentified District Party Committee member, was
captured by the U.S. 9th Infantry Division on May 11 in Dinh Tuong Province.
0794
Truong Chinh: "Weaknesses, Shortcomings, and Mistakes" in Agricultural
Cooperatives.
Document No. 63. June. 36pp.
Speech of Truong Chinh, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National
Assembly and leading theoretician, before the Conference of Vinh Phu Province
cadres on November 6,1968. It reviews the situation of agricultural cooperativization
in North Vietnam, criticizes deficiencies in the cooperative movement in Vinh Phu
Province, and recommends ways of overcoming the deficiencies and mismanagement.
This speech was published in the party newspaper Nhan Dan on January 29 and 30.
0830
Summer 1969: A Viet Cong Study of the Situation and Prospects.
Document No. 64. July. 11pp.
Provides an assessment of the "revolutionary'' situation in South Vietnam and
highlights the principles and characteristics of the General Offensive-General Uprising.
This document was issued by an unspecified command agency, presumably the South
Vietnam Liberation Army, and captured by a unit of the U.S. 9th Infantry Division in
the III CTZ.
0841
Hanoi's Central Office for South Vietnam (COSVN): A Background Paper.
Unnumbered. July. 5pp.
Details the history, organization, structure, mission, and membership of the
organization controlling and coordinating all political and military activities in the
southern half of South Vietnam at the behest of the Politburo of North Vietnam's
Lao Dong Party.
0846
COSVN Resolution No. 9.
Unnumbered. July. 99pp.
Details the resolution adopted by the Ninth Conference of COSVN held in early
July. It reviews all aspects of the war situation and sets forth the mission, direction,
and major operations designed to advance the General Offensive-General Uprising
strategy. It also highlights the doctrine of "decisive victory" leading to realization of the
"revolutionary" objectives of independence, democracy, peace, and neutrality.
Frame No.
0945
Public Presentation of U.S. Prisoners of War.
Document No. 65. August. 8pp.
Reports how two captured soldiers were put on public display by their Communist
captors in order "to arouse a high degree of hatred among the masses." This document was prepared by the Enemy/Civilian Proselytizing Section of the Political
Department of the Zone, and describes the purposes and preparations for the event,
the systematic exposure of the prisoners in circumstances calculated to induce the
maximum reaction on the part of the populace, and a critique of the entire atrocious
exhibition. This document was captured by the RVN 21st Infantry Division on
December 31,1968, in the IV CTZ.
Reel 2
1969 cont.
0001
The Death and Funeral of Ho Chi Minn: The Broadcast Record.
Document No. 66. September. 74pp.
Consists of the texts of various Viet-Nam News Agency reports and broadcasts by
Liberation Radio and Radio Hanoi announcing the illness, death, funeral arrangements, receipts of condolence messages, appeals and responses from "Uncle Ho's"
followers, accounts of rites and ceremonies, and lists of delegations to the funeral.
0074
An Elaboration of the Eighth Resolution of the Central Office of South Vietnam.
Document No. 67. September. 22pp.
Incomplete text of a speech by a spokesman for the COSVN to key cadre at the end
of a four-day political reorientation meeting reiterating support for a political, military,
and doctrinal resolution adopted by the Eighth Conference of the COSVN. This
document presents an elaboration of the basic policy of "fighting a strong enemy with a
weak force, anticipating the possible expansion of the war, and expecting a protracted
war will have definite transitional phases." This document was captured by a U.S.
military unit operating in the IV CTZ in November 1968.
0096
The Impact of the Sapper on the Vietnam War: A Background Paper.
Unnumbered. October. 18pp.
Analyzes the development and significance of the apparent increase in sapper
units, their activities in South Vietnam since mid-1968, and of sapper forces and their
impact on the war. This paper was compiled from captured documents, interrogation
reports, and intelligence briefs.
0114
The New Statute on Agricultural Cooperatives in the Context of the Agricultural
Policy Debate in North Vietnam: A Background Paper.
Unnumbered. October. 27pp.
Consists of an introductory analysis and historical sketch of North Vietnam's
agricultural and cooperativization policies and translations of three documents related
to the new statute. These documents include a digest of the new statute; an appeal
by Ho Chi Minh; and an analysis of the new statute that appeared in the August 1969
issue of Tuyen-Huan [Propaganda-Training], the monthly journal of the propaganda
cadres whose mission it was to disseminate and explain the new statute.
Frame No.
0141
Two Speeches by General Vo Nguyen Giap.
Document No. 68. November. 40pp.
Two speeches, disseminated by the Hanoi Domestic Service in June and August,
by General Vo Nguyen Giap, minister of defense of North Vietnam and commanderin-chief of the VPA. The first, delivered to a congress of antiaircraft and air forces and
the second, before the Third Military Sector cadre, stresses the need for an all-out
preparation for continued political and military conflict and outlines measures needed
for the rebuilding and continued "socialist construction" of local military and political
forces. References are made to the bombing halt, Paris Peace Talks, and the deAmericanization of the war.
0181
Truong Chinh's Speech on the 15th Anniversary of the Bai Anh Viet-Nam.
Document No. 69. December. 13pp.
Commemorates the anniversary of North Vietnam's only pictorial magazine and
provides a platform for raising the call to improve the magazine due to its growing
importance in propaganda activities abroad.
1970
0194
The Party's Military Line Is the Ever-Victorious Banner of People's War in
Our Country.
Document No. 70. January. 87pp.
Article written by General Vo Nguyen Giap, minister of defense of North Vietnam
and commander-in-chief of the VPA, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the VPA
and in preparation of the party's 40th anniversary. It systematically and comprehensively deals with the party's military theory, strategy, and tactics, with a minimum of
propaganda content. Emphasis is on flexibility and creativity in conducting operations
and reviews the party's policy of a protracted people's war, "of fighting strength with
weakness," and "fighting many with few."
0281
Under the Party's Banner, Vietnam's Military Art Has Constantly Developed and
Triumphed.
Document No. 71. January. 40pp.
Article composed by Colonel General Van Tien Dung, VPA Chief of Staff, commemorating the VPA's 25th anniversary. It discusses military strategy, methods, and
tactics, and avoids the dogmatic formulations of strategies focusing on "passing
through distinct phases." Emphasis is on flexibility in planning and conducting the
struggle, supporting the strategy of a prolonged, comprehensive people's war, and the
combination of guerrilla and big-unit warfare.
0321
Party Leadership Is the Cause of the Growth and Victories of Our Army.
Document No. 72. January. 72pp.
Article written by Lieutenant General Song Hao, chairman of the VPA's General
Political Department, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the VPA. This article
focuses on the party's leadership of military matters. It emphasizes the ideological
education of the army, the army as a tool of the party, and the formation and development of the people's war, particularly the importance of equipment and techniques.
Frame No.
0393
Ideological Deficiencies and Lowered Combat Effectiveness.
Document No. 73. February. 12pp.
Contains a catalog of psychological and ideological "shortcomings" presented in the
form of a directive, issued on October 1,1969, by the commander of Unit 591, a
military command of a Nong Truong [literally translated as a "farm site" but used as a
cover for designating an NVA regiment or division]. These shortcomings include low
morale, fear of hardships, surrendering and informing on comrades, self-inflicted
wounds, and a general lack of "fighting spirit" and are attributable to poor leadership.
Increased political and ideological education and indoctrination are given as remedies
for the above shortcomings. This document was captured by a U.S. military unit in II
CTZ on October 6,1969.
0405
"Vietnamization [of the War:]...The Path Leading to Collapse [of Neocolonialism
in South Viet-Nam]."
Document No. 74. February. 34pp.
Commentary on the Nixon administration's plan for Vietnamization of the war,
broadcasted by Liberation Radio on December 14,1969. The commentary
characterizes the plan as "acceptance by the U.S. of its defeat in Vietnam," and
predicts the "complete failure of U.S. neocolonialism in South Vietnam." Highlights
include dogmatic discussions on replacement of U.S. military forces with those of
the GVN, strengthening of South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu's
administration, and the alleged economic developments in South Vietnam.
0439
Index of Vietnam Documents and Research Notes, and Other Publications of
the North Vietnam Affairs Division, JUSPAO.
Document No. 75. March. 9pp.
Lists document number, title, and total pages for documents numbers 1-74,
unnumbered publications, and an addenda listing documents 76-93.
0448
Forty Years of Party Activity.
Document No. 76. March. 133pp.
Details the history of the party from its point of view. Published in pamphlet form by
the Historical Research Department of the party and serialized in official party newspaper Nhan Dan [The People] in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Lao
Dong Party. This history contains no significant doctrinal revision of the 1960 history
entitled Thirty Years of Struggle of the Party. In addition, this report contains two other
items of collateral interest: a review of Forty Years of Party Activity and a chronology
entitled Landmarks in the Party's History. These two articles appeared in the February
2 edition of Viet-Nam Courier, an official English language weekly for foreign
audiences.
0581
Under the Glorious Party Banner for Independence, Freedom and Socialism, Let
Us Advance and Achieve New Victories.
Document No. 77. April. 127pp.
Written by Le Duan, Party First Secretary, to commemorate the party's 40th
anniversary, it analyzes the "great problems, essential tasks, principles and methods
of the Vietnamese Revolution." Published by Nhan Dan [The People], the official VWP
newspaper, cadre and party members were encouraged to study this article in order to
"correctly teach" the party's line and policies. Le Duan details various aspects of the
Vietnamese Revolution and emphasizes the need for flexibility and pragmatism.
Highlights include discussions of united front policy, revolutionary methods, class
struggle, the "Southern Revolution," economic, industrial, and agricultural problems
and policies, and party leadership.
Frame No.
0708
An Analysis, for Propaganda Cadres, of Le Duan's "Under the Glorious Party
Banner..."
Document No. 77 (Supplement). June. 36pp.
"Instruction on propaganda studies and activities to help in the study of Le Duan's
work." Published in the March and April editions of Tuyen Huan [PropagandaTraining], the journal for propaganda cadres.
0744
On North Vietnam's 1970 State Plans.
Document No. 78. May. 41pp.
Consists of two articles highlighting the new objectives and examples of the 1970
State Plan. The first article, entitled "Struggle for the Successful Fulfillment of the
1970 State Plan" and appearing in the January issue of Hoc Tap [Study], outlines the
objectives of the new state plan. These objectives include increase in agricultural and
consumer goods production; increase in heavy industry; implementation of spiritual
and material incentives; and support of the "productive labor movement." The second
article, entitled "Hanoi's 1970 Plan for Economic Construction and Cultural Development," published by Hanoi Moi [New Hano![, presents in detail the 1970 state plan for
the Hanoi area.
0785
Vietnamese Communists Observe Lenin Centenary: A Le Duan Article and a
Truong Chinh Address.
Document No. 79. May. 62pp.
Consists of two documents, the first being Le Duan's assessment of the work of
V. I. Lenin and an expression of the party's gratitude for Soviet support of the
Vietnamese Revolution. This assessment was published in the Soviet theoretical
journal, Kommunist, and consisted of a longer version of Party Secretary Le Duan's
speech in Moscow during the Soviet observance of V. I. Lenin's birth on April 22. The
second document consists of the remarks of Truong Chinh during Hanoi's Lenin
celebrations eulogizing V. I. Lenin, linking Soviet and Vietnamese Communist
struggles by citing Ho Chi Minh as Lenin's pupil, and paying tribute to Stalinism. In
addition, his speech provides an analysis of the Vietnamese Revolution in Leninist
theory, international Communist history, and the current Indochinese scene.
0847
The Indochinese Peoples' Summit Conference, April 24-25,1970.
Document No. 80. June. 98pp.
Highlights the initiative by Prince Norodom Sihanouk for a conference of all
Indochinese peoples' organizations and outlines the activities and results of the
conference. The conference was attended by representatives from North Vietnam,
the NLF and PRG, the Lao Patriotic Front [Pathet Lao], and a Cambodian delegation
headed by Prince Sihanouk. Chinese and Soviet governments lent moral support to
the conference and its activities. This report consists of the texts of speeches,
communiques, and expressions of support from the USSR and the PRC.
0945
The Viet Cong Infrastructure: A Background Paper.
Unnumbered. June. 49pp.
Details the organization, structure, and operations of the VC political infrastructure
[VCI] in its efforts to control the population in South Vietnam. The text is a translation
of a GVN publication prepared to assist local government officials in assessing VC
activity in their areas.
Frame No.
0994
COSVN Resolution No. 14 (October 30,1969).
Document No. 81. July. 26pp.
Analyzes Resolution No. 14, emanating from the Current Affairs Committee of the
COSVN, regarding the poor performance of the NVA and VC during the 1969 Autumn
Campaign. This directive emphasizes the need for intensified guerrilla warfare activities by military and political cadres and improvement of the coordination of local party
and military leadership throughout South Vietnam. This directive is an implementing
document and supports COSVN No. 9 (Reel 1, frame 0846).
Reel 3
1970 cont.
0001
COSVN's Preliminary Report on the 1969 Autumn Campaign.
Document No. 82. August. 19pp.
Analysis of the NVA/VC 1969 Autumn Campaign, compiled by the Standing
Committee of COSVN. The content alternates between self-commendation and selfcriticism. Highlights poor leadership as a leading cause for poor results; exhorts party
cadres and soldiers to follow COSVN Resolution No. 14 (Reel 2, frame 0994) by
intensifying and strengthening the guerrilla warfare movement during the General
Offensive-General Uprising stage; and cites political reorientation of the party and its
adherents as a necessity for carrying the war into urban areas.
0020
Pham Van Dong's Speech on the 25th Anniversary of the Founding of the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam [National Day Speech].
Document No. 83. September. 46pp.
Describes the August Revolution and the founding of the DRV, the Viet Minh War
[against the French], reiterates the need for the continued "building of socialism in
the North," and discusses the U.S. peace movement and the U.S. government's
continued unpopular support of the South Vietnamese "puppet" government. Prime
Minister Pham Van Dong's speech reinforces the national policy position outlined in
Party Secretary Le Duan's speech of February 1970 (Document No. 77, Reel 2,
frame 0708).
0066
A Brief Chronology of Momentous Facts and Events in the History of the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam, 1945-1970.
Document No. 84. September. 133pp.
Published by the Viet-Nam News Agency, this document and its appendices provide
a detailed chronology of the evolution of North Vietnamese communism and the
establishment, organization, and development of the DRV. In addition, this chronology
corrects errors in earlier party histories.
0199
The DRV's 1970 Celebrations of Its August-September Anniversaries.
Document No. 85. November. 103pp.
Texts of radio and press reports on the various National Day celebrations. In
addition, there are comments regarding the DRV's support of the NLF in South
Vietnam, and the Laotian and Cambodian Fronts.
Frame No.
0302
The DRV's Allies Join in Its 1970 Anniversary Celebrations, Part I: The National
Liberation Front and the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South VietNam Echo North Vietnam's Claims and Pledges.
Document No. 86 (Part I). December. 46pp.
Provides the texts of several South Vietnamese Communist messages to the DRV
leadership and some reports of the observances in the "liberated zones" of South
Vietnam. Highlights include condemnation of the GVN's pacification program; Nambo
Resistance Day declaration; expressions of admiration for the DRV; and pledges of
support of revolutionary movements in Laos and Cambodia.
0348
Developing Vietnamese Military Science: An Address by General Vo Nguyen
Giap.
Document No. 87. December. 40pp.
Introduces a Central Military Party Committee resolution on tasks related to military
science and announces the decision to establish a Military Science Organ and a
Military Science Council. The address indicates that the creation of these military
bodies is due to the expansion of the war into Cambodia and increased activities in
Laos and will "help the Central Military Party Committee by organizing a distribution of
labor, coordination, and an exchange of experiences among the various branches and
echelons." This address was delivered before an All-Army Conference on Military
Science on October 29.
1971
0388
The Viet Cong's March-April 1970 Plans for Expanding Control In Cambodia: A
Documentary Record.
Document No. 88. January. 92pp.
Consists of a collection of ten captured documents highlighting the importance the
VC attached to the Cambodian bases, their intention of using them in an upcoming
offensive operation planned for spring 1970, and their reaction to the new political
situation brought about by the Cambodian National Assembly's creation of a
government unwilling to sanction continued Vietnamese Communist violation of
Cambodian neutrality.
0480
The "Local Military Task" in North Vietnam.
Document No. 89. February. 45pp.
Outlines a report by Major General Nguyen Don on a Standing Committee of the
Central Military Party Committee resolution regarding efforts to ensure a constant flow
of manpower to the regular army and to establish increased control over all aspects of
North Vietnamese life through general militarization of the populace.
0525
Communist Security Forces in Vietnam.
Document No. 90. January. 80pp.
Details the establishment and organization of the Public Security Sector and the
People's Police force in North Vietnam. Highlights include a 1962 order establishing
the tasks of the People's Police; address commemorating the 25th anniversary of
the Public Security Sector's establishment; press commentaries on activities of the
People's Security Forces; description of the South Vietnamese People's Liberation
Security Forces; and a directive outlining the development of Armed Security Forces
in South Vietnam.
Frame No.
0605
The 19th Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Viet-Nam Workers
Party and Its Reference Documents.
Document No. 91. March. 86pp.
Documents highlighting the activities and results of the 19th Plenary Session,
including analysis of the war situation; discussion of the 1971 State Plan; reiteration of
the party's political and ideological line; DRV support of the Southern Revolution and
the NLF-PRG; and responses from the NLF-PRG to the DRV support.
0691
The Decline of VC Capabilities In Sub-Region 5, COSVN, In 1969-1970.
Document No. 92. April. 71pp.
Five captured documents highlighting the effects of an unsuccessful campaign, loss
of key cadre on the district and village levels, and the slow recruitment of personnel in
Sub-Region 5. The documents stress the importance of the reindoctrination of COSVN
No. 9, highlight the sub-region's military activity plan and its faults, and exhorts the
soldiers to an increased effort by providing more leadership understanding of offensive
campaign problems.
0762
Viet Cong Political Geography of South Vietnam.
Document No. 93. March: 30pp.
Provides an up-to-date understanding, description, and history of the VC/NVA
military-political geography of South Vietnam. Emphasis is upon showing the VC's
restructuring of its administrative subdivisions to provide maneuver space for tactical
units, and to facilitate control of area commands that support their politico-military
operations.
0792
Ideological Problems within the People's Liberation Armed Forces.
Document No. 94. May. 64pp.
Full text of a Liberation Radio broadcast in April of an article by Cuu Long
[pseudonym of Major General Tran Do] highlighting the problem and result of poor
political indoctrination and ideological education. Low morale and lack of "revolutionary
commitment" are also attributed to food and medical shortages, logistical problems,
lack of secure rear areas, and increased demands on the indigenous populace by
VC/NVA leaders. Reorientation of indoctrination and education efforts is suggested to
counter ideological problems.
Reel 4
1971 cont.
0001
The DRV Elects Its Fourth National Assembly, Part I.
Document No. 95 (Part I). June. 86pp.
Provides background on the National Assembly, North Vietnam's "highest
representative organ of the people," and a record of the elections as reported by the
DRV press and broadcast media. Highlights include articles of the DRV constitution
pertaining to elections, the National Election Law, election procedures, and
accomplishments of the National Assembly.
0087
The DRV Elects Its Fourth National Assembly, Part II.
Document No. 95 (Part II). June. 93pp.
Highlights include activities of the Third Legislature pertaining to the Southern
Deputies, the PRG, and the war situation; the nominating process; campaigns in Hanoi
and the provinces; and the results.
Frame No.
0180
The Vietnam Workers' Party's 1963 Decision to Escalate the War in the South.
Document No. 96. July. 105pp.
Consists of the VWP Central Committee resolution of December 1963 formally
authorizing an increase in North Vietnam's presence in the south for 1964 and subsequent years. The decision to formulate this resolution was taken by the South
Vietnamese military after the overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem's government and his death.
The instability following Diem's overthrow was thought to be an opportune time to
attempt an expanded military conquest of South Vietnam. This resolution "clarifies the
revolutionary movement in South Vietnam," provides "guidelines and missions in order
to attain victory," advances possible U.S. reactions, and highlights the coordination of
the political and military struggle and the culmination of the General Offensive-General
Uprising. The resolution also outlines the tactics, discipline, and organization of military
forces and the political hierarchy, and describes the "mission of North Viet-Nam."
Appended are the texts of a January 21,1964, Nhan Dan editorial commenting on
the Ninth Session and speech by First Secretary Le Duan printed in Hoc Tap.
0285
Communist "Repression" in South Vietnam, Part I.
Document No. 97 (Part I). August. 99pp.
Examines one of the means of "revolutionary violence" (an integral part of
Communist strategy) called "repression" or political violence. The other means is
military violence or combat. This report highlights the rationale and methods for the
use of repression, including assassination, to "demoralize the enemy, sow dissension
and confusion, limit their activities, and create enthusiasm among the revolutionary
people." Hundreds of captured documents, referring to security and security problems,
were examined and a representative number have been included in this report. These
range from a directive from the DRV Ministry of Public Security to an individual death
warrant and show the continuity of VC policy and its application.
0384
Communist "Repression" in South Vietnam, Part II.
Document No. 97 (Part II). August. 120pp.
Continues examination of representative captured documents on security and
security problems and application of repression or political violence (see above).
0504
"World Situation and Our Party's International Mission," As Seen from Hanoi,
1960-1964.
Document No. 98. September. 155pp.
Detailed examination of a resolution approved by the Ninth Conference of the VWP
Central Committee during December 1963, highlighting the ideological "malaise" within
the International Communist Movement, stemming from the Sino-Soviet Crisis, and its
effects on the Vietnamese revolutionary line. This report consists of the resolution text
and examines the political setting for its promulgation and subsequent implementation.
This "political setting" is a speech by General Vo Nguyen Giap regarding national
defense and buildup of the People's armed forces, a joint statement by PRC Party
Chairman Liu Shao-chi and President Ho Chi Minn regarding international relations
and support, and the broadcast record and reporting on the activities of the VWP
delegation to the USSR and President Ho Chi Minn.
Frame No.
0659
The Study of COSVN Resolution 10.
Document No. 99. September. 51 pp.
COSVN Directive No. 01/CT 71, a study guide and summary of Resolution 10,
highlights the continuing General Offensive-General Uprising, stated as beginning
with Tet 1968; continued "socialist construction" in North Vietnam; successes and
counter-activities against the Vietnamization and pacification programs; state of the
political and military forces in South Vietnam; commitment of increased NVA troops
to operations in support of insurgencies in Laos and Cambodia; and the state of the
party. Appended are both notes on the dissemination of the resolution and directive
and discussion on confidence in the party leadership and the desire for a return to
guerrilla warfare.
0710
The Ho Chi Minn Image, 1969-1971, Part I.
Document No. 100 (Part I). October. 99pp.
Highlights the efforts of the VWP in conducting the Ho Chi Minh Image Campaign,
immortalizing "Uncle Ho," between his death in September 1969 and the convocation
of the Fourth Legislature of the National Assembly in November 1971. In addition, this
report highlights the importance of the Ho Chi Minh Image Campaign to the NLF and
the PRG. Various North Vietnamese journal articles highlight Ho Chi Minn's life,
political theory, and contribution to the revolutionary movements in South Vietnam and
Indochina. The leadership succession issue and campaign's effects on youth groups
are also discussed.
0809
The Ho Chi Minh Image, 1969-1971, Part II.
Document No. 100 (Part II). October. 161pp.
See previous entry for description.
Reels
1972
0001
The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam,
Part I: Preparing to Form the PRG.
Document No. 101 (Part I). January. 60pp.
Details the events, policies, and conditions leading to the founding of the PRG by
the NLF, COSVN, and the VANDPF. Various directives, promulgated by COSVN,
PRP, and the NLF, are used to highlight the evolution of the PRG through the
expansion of the Communist political administrative structure in 1967, Tet Offensive
in 1968, establishment of liberation and revolutionary committees, creation of the
VANDPF (a predominantly disenchanted middle class organization) and the Paris
Peace Conferences in early 1969.
0061
The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam,
Part II: The Founding Conference of the PRG.
Document No. 101 (Part II). January. 83pp.
Activities of the PRP, NLF, and VANDPF preparatory committee and the
establishment of a "republican regime in South Vietnam, the PRGSV, and an Advisory
Council to the Government." Highlights the activities undertaken by the Communist
leadership and VANDPF's associated groups, including religious, trade union,
Montagnard, peasant and farmers', minority, women's, and student organizations. This
report consists of the text of the formal resolution outlining the PRG's organization and
mission, its composition, action program, and speeches from prominent participants.
Frame No.
0144
The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam,
Part III: The First Nine Months of the PRG.
Document No. 101 (Part III). January. 63pp.
Highlights the propaganda activities by the NLF and COSVN in support of the PRG,
including expansion of its political, economic, and military administrative machinery
and the enlistment of civil support.
0207
The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam,
Part IV: The PRG's Diplomatic Offensive.
Document No. 101 (Part IV). January. 79pp.
Consists of captured documents illustrating the meaning and techniques of the
"diplomatic offensive" in the PRG's international propaganda and its part in the PRP's
political struggle in South Vietnam. In addition, reconstftution of the NLF delegation to
the Paris Peace Talks by a PRG delegation, adoption of the NLF's 10-Point Plan, and
effects of the talks on the revolutionary movement in South Vietnam are discussed.
0286
The People's Revolutionary Party of South Vietnam, Part I.
Document No. 102 (Part I). February. 96pp.
Details the history, organization, and mission of the PRP in South Vietnam and its
control by the VWP Central Committee through the COSVN. Upon creation, it was
declared part of the NLF and charged with the mission of engaging in the national
democratic revolution and in setting up a "broad coalition government." The first part of
this report reprints a 1966 memorandum from the PRP's Saigon Regional Committee
outlining party strategy and tactics; following sections consist of two training manuals.
0382
The People's Revolutionary Party of South Vietnam, Part II: COSVN's 1969-1970
Attempt to Revitalize the PRP.
Document No. 102 (Part II). February. 56pp.
Documents illustrating some party procedures and problems since the failure of the
Tet 1968 offensive. Highlights directives and circulars calling for party reindoctrination
and ideological education, strengthening of infrastructure on the local level, conducting
elections, establishment of an inspection system, improvement of discipline, and
attention to guerilla warfare and the Three-Man Cell.
0438
The People's Revolutionary Party of South Vietnam, Part III: The 1971
Reindoctrination of the PRP.
Document No. 102 (Part III). February. 80pp.
Documents highlight the PRP efforts at political and ideological reeducation and reindoctrination in light of political and military developments in 1971, including the
expansion of the Communist insurgencies in Laos and Cambodia. Items continue to
illustrate party procedures and problems since the failure of Tet 1968.
0518
The Structure of Power in the DRV: Constitution and Party Statute.
Document No. 103. February. 104pp.
Constitution of the DRV and the Statute of the VWP, an understanding of North
Vietnam's Communist governmental structure can be gleaned from studying these two
documents. A brief introduction provides the history of the promulgation of these
documents.
0622
The "Local Forces" and Army Recruiting in North Vietnam.
Document No. 104. March. 128pp.
Several documents highlight the organization and functions of the VPA, its relationship to the regular army, and its position in the socio-political structure. Highlights
include recruitment and political and ideological indoctrination.
Frame No.
0750
Leaders of the PRG-NLF and Affiliated Organizations, May 1972.
Document No. 105. June. 41pp.
Lists of members, denoting office or responsibility, of the PRG, NLF Central
Committee, VANDPF, NLF-affiliated organizations, PRP, revolutionary organizations,
and 1972 revolutionary administrations. In addition, the background section of this
report is the text of a Liberation Radio broadcast entitled 'Ten Point Lenient and
Humanitarian Policy of the PRG," which called for the establishment of local and
provincial revolutionary administrations during an upcoming offensive, the Eastertide
Offensive [1972 Easter Invasion].
0791
[Senior General Vo Nguyen] Giap: "Arm the Revolutionary Masses and Build the
People's Army," Part I.
Document No. 106 (Part I). June. 59pp.
Consists of a portion of a serialized article authored by Senior General Vo Nguyen
Giap on the VPA and its Communist military tradition. Discussion in Part I centers on
General Giap's interpretations of Marxist-Leninist theories of military organization and
Vietnamese military history and traditions with a Marxian analysis. The titles of the two
items are "Marxist-Leninist Theory on Military Organizations of the Proletariat" and
"Our People's Traditions and Experiences in Building Armed Forces in the Past."
0850
[Senior General Vo Nguyen] Giap: "Arm the Revolutionary Masses and Build the
People's Army," Part II.
Document No. 106 (Part II). June. 78pp.
Portion of a serialized article authored by Senior General Vo Nguyen Giap on the
VPA and its Communist military tradition. This portion discusses Vietnamese military
history from the founding in 1930 of the Indochina Communist Party [to 1972]. General
Giap stresses the struggles of the VPA against French, Japanese, and American
military forces, and highlights changes in organization, character, tactics, and VPA
weaponry. The title is "The Creativeness of Our Party and People."
Reel 6
1972cont.
0001
[Senior General Vo Nguyen] Giap: "Arm the Revolutionary Masses and Build the
People's Army," Part III.
Document No. 106 (Part III). October. 59pp.
Portion of a serialized article authored by Senior General Vo Nguyen Giap on the
VPA and its Communist military tradition. This portion discusses the necessity for
modernizing the VPA while retaining its revolutionary character as a people's army.
The retention of this character will be assured by the "dialectical unity" between
"the material and technical factors" and the "political and spiritual factors" under the
auspices of the party's correct leadership of the army. The title is "Strongly and Largely
Arm the Revolutionary Masses and Build a Regular, Modern People's Armed Forces."
Frame No.
0060
Bases of Power in the DRV.
Document No. 107. October. 101pp.
Details the structure and organization of the various power bases in the DRV
government and their effects on the decision-making process since the Eastertide
Offensive [1972 Easter Invasion]. These power bases include the Politburo, Party
Central Committee, the National Defense Council, Central Military Affairs Party
Committee, military, and the state central bureaucratic administration. The articles
and statements comprising this report highlight the activities of the various ministries
and other governmental bodies, political maneuvering, and political and military
preparations for the Eastertide Offensive. Brief discussions of the National Assembly,
the Vietnam Fatherland Front, local representation, and a listing of government and
party officers are included.
0161
PRP Abandons 1972 Plans for a Revolution in Saigon.
Document No. 108. November. 47pp.
Documents highlight the efforts by the PRP, in theory, to activate the populace in
Saigon prior to and during the Eastertide Offensive [1972 Easter Invasion]. But there
was little evidence of widespread agitation and even less popular response in the
Saigon area, between the launching of the invasion and its termination. While the call
for a General Offensive-General Uprising was made, PRP strategy stressed seizure of
power in a city's outskirts, intensification and consolidation of political power, and then
wait for the final "liberation drive" on the city. This strategy, as gleaned from this report,
was not effective in the Saigon area. Lack of political preparations, calls for determined
guerrilla warfare efforts, the possibility of a Paris Peace Talks-brokered ceasefire and
its effects on NVA/VC forces, and calls for a more determined effort to seize South
Vietnamese real estate are included.
0208
The Communists' Aborted Plans for the Seizure of Danang.
Document No. 109. December. 51pp.
Evaluates the abandonment of the military-political seizure of Danang during the
summer of 1972 and the possible occupation of Danang by NVA/VC forces in the
event of a ceasefire arising from the Paris Peace Talks in October. The first portion of
this report contains the text of an article in the April issue of Tien Phong [Vanguard],
noting that a ceasefire might present the NVA/VC with their best opportunity for seizing
strategic territory and cities. The final portion consists of three documents outlining
PRP and military preparations for the seizure of Danang in the event of a ceasefire.
1973
0259
PRP Plans for Controlling "Liberated Areas" in South Vietnam.
Document No. 110. March. 26pp.
Consists of a two-part captured document outlining plans, drafted in August 1972 by
a regional PRP authority [possibly the PRP regional committee of the VC Military
Region 5], for consolidating political power and stimulating economic activity in those
areas over which it had control in 1972; entitled "Strive to Build Revolutionary Political
Power, Actively Dispute Political Power with the Enemy So As to Create Conditions for
Seizing Total Power for the People" and "Economic Plan for the Coming Period."
0285
The Leadership of the PRG, NFLSV, and Their Affiliated Organizations, 1973.
Document No. 111. April 1973.105pp.
Biographic profiles of prominent leaders and lists of members of the PRG, NLF and
affiliated organizations, VANDPF, revolutionary organizations, COSVN, PLAF, and
PRP. Appended is the NLF-PRG appeal to the South Vietnamese people on the
signing of the 1973 Paris Peace Agreement.
Frame No.
0390
DRV Cadre Policy in the "New Phase."
Document No. 112. May. 78pp.
Highlights the change in the mission and bureaucracy of the DRV cadre organization, and the emphasis on economic reconstruction in the months immediately
following the signing of the 1973 Paris Peace Agreement. This report consists of a
major policy paper released by the Party Politburo, in resolution form entitled 'Tasks
Related to Cadres in the New Phase," and an article discussing the Party Politburo
resolution, entitled "Some Problems on Cadres and on Organization in the Socialist
Revolution," by First Secretary Le Duan.
0468
COSVN's Directive 02/73 "On Policies Related to the Political Settlement and
Ceasefire."
Document No. 113. June. 26pp.
Exhorts Vietnamese Communists, controlled by COSVN, to "prepare to continue
the struggle for power in South Vietnam by primarily political means" in 1973. In
addition, it provides long-term insights into what the Vietnamese Communists mean
by the political struggle. Highlights include concept of political violence in the context
of the new situation; continued military violence [struggle] where applicable; combination of political movement of the masses and political violence; consolidation and
enlargement of liberated areas and the revolutionary administration; and continued
DRV support.
0494
VWP-DRV Leadership, 1960-1973, Part I: The Party.
Document No. 114 (Part I). July. 112pp.
Details the structure, history since 1960, and membership of the VWP and its
political control in the government of the DRV. The Central Committee, its political
bureau, and related organizations are discussed. Biographical sketches of the
members of the Politburo and Central Committee are included.
0606
VWP-DRV Leadership, 1960-1973, Part II: The Government.
Document No. 114 (Part II). July. 59pp.
Details the organization, bureaucracy, and brief history of the DRV government.
Lists of the principal government members, bureaucrats, and military leaders are
included.
0665
COSVN Directive 03.
Document No. 115. September. 22pp.
Provides an appraisal of Communist activities since the ceasefire, and outlines an
action program emphasizing a Communist buildup and refitting and the continued
implementation of the "three-pronged" strategy, particularly the political struggle. In
addition, this directive represents a refinement and re-evaluation of the ceasefire
guidelines described in COSVN Directive 02.
Frame No.
1974
0687
North Vietnam Assesses the World Situation at the End of 1973.
Document No. 116. February. 116pp.
Consists of selected North Vietnamese press commentaries highlighting the
performance of the government, its position in international affairs, and efforts to
remind the USSR and PRC of their responsibilities to the Vietnamese Revolution.
Selections include a series of articles by Chien Thang [Victor], a pseudonym,
published in Quan Doi Nhan Dan [The People's Army], a VPA military newspaper, or
broadcast by Radio Hanoi beginning in November 1973 under the banner title
Heighten Revolutionary Struggle. These articles represent a discussion of the DRV's
military outlook, including a plan for offensive operations in fall 1973. Other selections
highlight the DRV's views toward the Great Power Detente, and the role of the USSR
and PRC in it. The first consists of a series of articles by Chien Bin [Combatant], a
pseudonym, under the banner title Present Strategic Problems of the U.S. Imperialists.
The second consists of three articles by Huong Xuan, under the banner title Nixon
Administration and International Detente. These selections were published in Quan
Doi Nhan Dan or broadcast by Radio Hanoi in October and November 1973.
0803
Communist Guidance on "New Phase" of the Revolution in South Vietnam.
Document 117. April. 22pp.
Reviews a political reorientation and training directive captured in late February in
Binh Thuan Province. This document provides a summary of the Communist strategy
for South Vietnam, including use of the Paris Peace Agreement as a time for buildup
and consolidation; lip service to the establishment of the National Council of National
Reconciliation and Concord; outline of a program for mobilization and refitting of
guerrilla and main force units; continued use of terrorism and subversion; development
of a government and economic structure to compete with the GVN; and propaganda
activities, both domestic and international, particularly directed toward the United
States.
1975
0825
COSVN Directive 08/74 and the Binh Dinh Province Resolution: "Communist
Plans for 1975."
Document No. 118. February. 56pp.
Provides insights into North Vietnamese decisions, in the fall of 1974, to veer from
the path of negotiations toward national reconciliation and to re-emphasize the military
option, due in part to the cutoff of U.S. military aide to the GVN. COSVN Directive 8,
captured in Go Cong Province in December 1974, stresses the role of revolutionary
violence in Communist strategy and exhorts all commands to conduct major military
campaigns with the tactical aim of defeating the GVN's pacification program. Highlights
include continued DRV support, military leadership, and use of forces; expansion of
international propaganda efforts; only a remote possibility of a U.S. response; and a
delineation of the shortcomings and problems since the ceasefire as motives for the
operations. The Binh Dinh Resolution is a provincial distillation of the DRV policy
deliberations and decisions from the fall of 1974. It parallels the COSVN directive by
calling for a major assault on the GVN and its pacification program. It outlines
Communist strategy and tactics combining Communist political and military efforts,
calls for an expanded public relations campaign using propaganda and terrorism,
provides rationalizations for the more military line of action, and discounts a possible
U.S. reaction due to internal dissension.
SUBJECT INDEX
This index is a list of the major subjects found in this microfilm collection. The number before the colon is
the reel number, and the four-digit number after the colon is the frame number at which the document
containing material on the subject is found. By referring to the Reel Index that begins on page 1, the user
can locate the appropriate description.
Unless otherwise specified, the 95th Regiment is the An Thai Regiment. Vietnamese names are not
inverted, so alphabetization is determined by the first letter of the first names, the entry for Nguyen Don is
found in the N's; for Pham Van Dong in the P's, and so on. Cities and provinces are located in Vietnam
unless otherwise indicated.
Administration
administrative machinery 5: 0061, 0144
district 1:0722
of liberated areas 6: 0259, 0468
local 1:0616; 5: 0382, 0750
in "New Phase" 6: 0803
1967 expansion of structure 5: 0001
People's Liberation Councils and Committees
1:0491
People's Revolutionary administrations 1: 0616,
0707; 5: 0750; 6: 0468
People's Revolutionary Councils 1: 0491; 5: 0001
provincial 5: 0750
PRP—of liberated areas 6: 0259
sub-region level 1: 0616
territorial 1: 0372
uprising committees 1: 0372
VC infrastructure 1: 0131, 0183, 0293; 2: 0945;
5: 0382
village 1:0707
see also COSVN; Infrastructure; NLF; PRG
After-action reports
of K2 Battalion, 9th Division 1: 0430
see a/so Self-criticism
Agriculture
in DRV
buildup 1:0462
cooperatives; cooperativization 1: 0629, 0794;
2:0114
policy—North Vietnam 2: 0114
production 1: 0629, 0716; 2: 0744
reforms 1: 0661
VWP policy on 2: 0581
NLF1:0333
VC
output 1:0333, 0413
production 1:0638
rice 1:0333
tax collection 1: 0333
see also Food; Self-sufficiency
Air strikes
effectiveness of, on NVA/VC1: 0030
All-Army Conference on Military Science
DRV 3: 0348
ANDPF
see VANDPF
An Thai Party Committee
NVA1:0131
Armed Security Forces
in South Vietnam 3: 0525
Assassination
1: 0173, 0293, 0522; 4: 0285. 0384
see also Terrorism; terrorist activities
August Revolution
DRV 3: 0020
BalAnh Vlat-Nam
Truong Chinh on 2: 0181
Blen Hoa Province
1:0451,0584
Blnh Dlnh Province
1: 0285, 0299, 0352. 0406. 0436. 0638, 0722,
0741;6:0825
Blnh Duong Province
1:0430,0609,0779
Blnh Thuan Province
6:0803
Biographic sketches
COSVN 6: 0285
NLF6:0285
PRG 6: 0285
PRP 1:0001; 6: 0285
VC 6: 0285
VWP—Central Committee 6: 0494
Bombing halt
U.S.—19691:0779;2:0141
Business transactions
VC 1:0638
Cambodia
neutrality—VC violation of 3: 0388
spread of war to 3: 0348; 4: 0659; 5: 0438
VC Spring 1970 Offensive in 3: 0388
Cambodian Front
2: 0847; 3: 0199, 0302; 4: 0659
Can Tho Province (VC)
1: 0451
Ceasefire activities
COSVN Directive 02/73 6: 0468, 0665
COSVN Directive 03 6: 0665
general 6: 0161
see also Paris Peace negotiations; talks
CEDAR FALLS (U.S.)
1:0165,0183
Central Highlands (RVN)
1:0030,0125
Central Military Party Committee
DRV 3: 0348, 0480
Chau Thanh District
VC Supply Council 1: 0165
Chlen Bin (Combatant)
Present Strategic Problems of the U.S.
Imperialists 6: 0687
Chien Thang (Victor)
Heighten the Revolutionary Struggled: 0687
Chleu Hoi Program
effectiveness of 1: 0030
see also Defections; desertion
Child labor
VC, in agriculture 1:0333
Civilians
PRP relations with 1:0183
support of NVA 1:0576
support of VC 1: 0165, 0333
treatment of populace directives during 1: 0436
VC demands on 1: 0333; 3: 0792
VC welfare activities by women 1: 0406
see also Population
Combat
effectiveness 1: 0315; 2: 0393
efficiency 1:0707
see also Emulation; Morale; Self-criticism
Communications system
DRV 1:0716
Communism
International Communist Movement 4: 0504
Soviet 1:0255
Vietnamese 1: 0255; 3: 0066
world 1:0255
Communist Party of South Vietnam
see PRP
Conditions
VC on war, in South Vietnam 1: 0062
Conscription; conscripts
NVA 1:0030, 0125
Constitution
DRV—government structure 5: 0518
DRV—on elections 4: 0001
Construction
VC, in villages 1: 0707
Cooperatives; cooperatlvlzatlon
DRV—agriculture
management 1:0629
movement in 1: 0794
statute on 2: 0114
COSVN
biographic profiles 6: 0285
ceasefire activities 6: 0468, 0665
control of PRP 5: 0286
Current Affairs sections; committees 1: 0183,
0616, 0731, 0779; 2: 0994; 3: 0691
"decisive victory" 1: 0779, 0846
defections; desertion—resolution on 1: 0731
Directives
02/73 6: 0468
03 6: 0665
08/74 6: 0825
doctrines of 1: 0779, 0846; 2: 0074
evolution 1: 0540, 0841
GVN pacification plan—operations against
6: 0825
inspection system 5: 0382
leadership 1: 0472. 0522; 2: 0994; 3: 0001, 0691
liberated areas 6: 0468
membership 1: 0841; 6: 0285
Military Region Headquarters activities 1: 0576
military strategy 1: 0779, 0846; 2: 0074
on "New Phase" 6: 0468, 0665
1975 reemphasis of military struggle 6: 0825
on 1969 Autumn Campaign 3: 0001
organization 1: 0540, 0841; 6: 0285
policy on conduct of war 2: 0074
politico-military organization 1: 0472
on PRG 5: 0001, 0144
Provincial Finance and Economy Section 1: 0638
Resolutions
6 1:0522
8 2: 0074
9 1:0846;3:0691
10 4:0659
14 2:0994;3:0001
Standing Committee activities 1: 0491; 3: 0001
Standing Committee B1 1: 0576
Sub-Regions 1: 0616, 0731, 0779; 3: 0691
on Tet Offensive 1: 0522
uprising policy 1: 0522
VWP control of 1:0841
war policies of 2: 0074
see also NLF; PRP; VWP
Counterrevolutionary activities
DRV punishment of 1:0422
VC punishment system 1: 0173
Cuu Long
see Tran Do
"Decisive victory"
COSVN doctrine of 1: 0779, 0846
see also Doctrines
Danang (Da Nang)
Communist seizure plans 6: 0208
Defections; desertion
to GVN 1: 0293
VC problems—COSVN resolution on 1: 0731
VC problems—general 1: 0741
remedies for 1: 0609
see also Chieu Hoi Program; Morale
Democracy
NLF definition of 1:0584
revolutionary objective 1: 0846
Detente
DRV views on 6: 0687
"Dialectical unity"
revolutionary character of VPA 6: 0001
Diaries
of an infiltrator 1: 0030, 0125, 0273, 0299
Dlnh Tuong Province
1:0749,0779
Discipline
COSVN-PRP inspection system 5: 0382
COSVN Resolution 6 1: 0522
95th Regiment 1:0131
Dlssldence
religious, in DRV 1:0193
Do, Tran
see Tran Do
Doctrine
COSVN—"decisive victory" 1: 0779, 0846
COSVN Resolution 8 2: 0074
"dialectical unity"—revolutionary character of VPA
6: 0001
General Offensive-General Uprising 1: 0372,
0584, 0830, 0846; 3: 0001; 4: 0180, 0659;
6:0161
Leninist theory—Vietnamese Revolution in
2:0785
Marxism-Leninism 1: 0661; 5: 0791
Marxist 1:0661
North Vietnamese 1: 0255
people's war 2: 0194, 0281, 0321
problems with—VC1: 0062
lime opportunity'11: 0380
VC 1:0062
see also Military strategy; Revolutionary matters
Don, Nguyen
see Nguyen Don
Dong, Pham Van
see Pham Van Dong
DRV
agriculture 1: 0462, 0629, 0661, 0794; 2: 0114,
0581,0744
All-Army Conference on Military Science 3: 0348
August Revolution 3: 0020
cadre policy in the "New Phase" 6: 0390
Central Military Party Committee 3: 0348, 0480
communications system 1: 0716
constitution 4: 0001; 5: 0518
cooperatives; cooperativization 1: 0629, 0794;
2:0114
decision-making process 6: 0060
on detente 6: 0687
dissidence—religious 1: 0193
economic decentralization 1: 0462
economic reconstruction 6: 0390
elections 4: 0001, 0087
food policy 1: 0629
government
membership 6: 0060, 0606
performance 6: 0687
structure 5: 0518; 6: 0060, 0606
history 3: 0020, 0066
industry 1: 0462. 0716; 2: 0581, 0744
international affairs—1973 6: 0687
labor 2: 0744
leadership succession issue 4: 0710, 0809
manpower 3: 0480
military equipment and supplies 1: 0499
military forces—VPA local forces 2: 0141, 0480;
5:0622
National Assembly 1: 0422; 4: 0001, 0087, 0710,
0809; 6: 0060
national defense buildup 4: 0504
National Election Law 4: 0001
1975 military option in South Vietnam 6: 0825
People's Police Force 3: 0525
DRV cont.
political journals 2: 0114, 0181, 0708; 6: 0208
population—militarization of 3: 0480
power bases in 6: 0060
power structure 5: 0518
Public Security Sector 3: 0525
punishment of counterrevolutionaries 1: 0422
religion policy 1: 0193
role in South Vietnam 1: 0499; 6: 0468
security forces 3: 0525
Socialist construction of 2: 0141; 4: 0659
state central bureaucratic administration 6: 0060,
0606
State Planning Commission 1: 0716
State Plans
1968
1969
1970
1971
1:0462
1:0716
2:0744
3:0605
support of NLF 3: 0199, 0605
support of PRG 3: 0605
transportation system 1: 0716
25th anniversary 3: 0020, 0199, 0302
Vinh Phu Province 1: 0794
see also Hanoi; NVA; Press; VPA; VWP
Dung, Van Tien
see Van Tien Dung
Eastertide Offensive
1972 5: 0750; 6: 0060-0208
Economic matters
COSVN—Binh Dinh Provincial Finance and
Economy Section 1: 0638
DRV—decentralization 1: 0462
DRV—reconstruction 6: 0390
GVN developments 2: 0405
NLF 1:0333
VWP policy on 2: 0581
see a/so Business transactions
Elections
in DRV
campaigns in Hanoi 4: 0087
campaigns in the provinces 4: 0087
Fourth National Assembly 4: 0001, 0087
National Election Law 4: 0001
PRP 5: 0382
Emulation
plan for Second Division 1: 0315
see also Self-criticism
Farmers' Liberation Association
support for NLF 1:0413
"Fighting many with few"
VWP military policy 2: 0194
see a/so Guerrilla warfare
"Fighting and negotiating" strategy
1:0203,0305,0532
"Fighting strength with weakness"
VWP military policy 2: 0194
see also Guerrilla warfare
Financial matters
COSVN—Binh Dinh Provincial Finance and
Economy Section 1: 0638
"Flexibility"
VWP political and military 2: 0194, 0281, 0581
Food
DRV policy on 1: 0629
VC
procurement 1:0638
production 1: 0749
situation 1: 0030, 0325
support of 1967-1968 Winter-Spring
Campaign 1: 0413
see also Agriculture; Self-sufficiency
IVCTZ
1:0945;2:0074
Free World Military Assistance Forces
target of proselytizing 1: 0339
see also ROK
General Offensive-General Uprising strategy;
doctrine
1: 0372, 0584, 0830, 0846; 3: 0001; 4: 0180,
0659; 6: 0161
see also Doctrine; Military strategy
Gla Dlnh Province
1:0576
Glap, Vo Nguyen
see Vo Nguyen Giap
Go Cong Province
6: 0825
Guerrilla warfare
general 1: 0293; 2: 0281; 4: 0659; 5: 0382
intensification of 2: 0994; 3: 0001; 6: 0161, 0803
movement 3: 0001
refitting of units 6: 0803
Three-Man Cell 5: 0382
see also Military strategy; Sapper
GVN
economic developments 2: 0405
officials—target of proselytizing 1: 0339
pacification program 1: 0293, 0305; 3: 0302;
4: 0659; 6: 0825
Thieu administration 2: 0405
Hanoi, DRV
election campaigns in 4: 0087
1970 Plan for Economic Construction and
Cultural Development 2: 0744
Hanoi Domestic Service
2:0141
Hao, Song
see Song Hao
Harriman, W. Averell
1:0499
Hau Nghla Province
1:0305,0451,0491
Health situation
of NVA in South Vietnam 1: 0030
see also Medical affairs
Helicopter assaults
effectiveness of, on NVA 1:0030
History
doctrine 1:0255
PRP 1:0001; 5: 0286
U.S. reports on North Vietnamese role in SVN
1:0499
VWP 2: 0448
Ho Chi Mlnh
2:0001,0114,0785;4:0504
Ho Chi Mlnh Image Campaign
4:0710,0809
Hoc Tap [Study]
1: 0193. 0462, 0629; 2: 0744; 4: 0180
Homesickness
NVA soldiers in South Vietnam 1: 0030, 0125
Huong Xuan
Nixon Administration and International Detente
6: 0687
Ideological education
by Farmers' Liberation Association in South
Vietnam 1:0413
NLF1:0584
NVA—in South Vietnam 2: 0393
in People's Liberation Armed Forces 3: 0792
PRP 5: 0382, 0438
VC 1:0609,0741
of VPA by VWP 2: 0321
of VPA local forces 5: 0622
see also Political indoctrination
Ideological situation
deficiencies in Unit 591 2: 0393
effects on combat effectiveness 2: 0393
in NVA 3rd Division 1:0352
in People's Liberation Armed Forces 3:0792
VC problems 1:0609. 0741
Independence
NLF definition of 1:0584
revolutionary objective 1: 0846
Indochina Communist Party
5: 0850
see also VWP
Indochlnese Peoples' Summit
2: 0847
Industry, DRV
buildup of local 1:0462
consumer goods 2: 0744
heavy 2: 0744
production 1: 0716
VWP policy on 2: 0581
Infrastructure
VC1: 0131. 0183, 0293; 2: 0945; 5: 0382
see also Administration
Inspection system
COSVN-PRP 5: 0382
Intelligence activities
VC 1:0165
International affairs
Detente 6: 0687
19736:0687
relations 4: 0504
International Communist Movement
4:0504
see also Communism
Iron Triangle
1:0165
Kommunlst
Soviet journal 2: 0785
Kontum Province
1:0749
Labor
in DRV—productive labor movement 2: 0744
VC women and children 1: 0333
Lao Dong Party
see VWP
Lao Patriotic Front (Pathet Lao)
2: 0847; 3: 0199, 0302; 4: 0659
Laos
spread of war to 3: 0348; 4: 0659; 5: 0438
Leadership
COSVN 1: 0472, 0522; 2: 0994; 3: 0001, 0691
DRV—succession issue 4: 0710, 0809
NVA—poor 1:0131
VC 1:0165, 0609
VWP
general 4: 0659
of military 2: 0321; 6: 0001, 0494
policy on 2: 0581
Le Duan
1: 0255; 2: 0581, 0708, 0785; 3: 0020; 4: 0180;
6: 0390
Lenin, V. I.
assessment of the work of 2: 0785
centenary celebrations 2: 0785
Lessons learned
1:0430
see also Self-criticism
Liberation areas
see Administration
Liberation Councils
see People's Liberation Councils and
Committees
Liberation Radio
1: 0333, 0569, 0759; 2: 0405; 3: 0792; 5: 0750
Liu Shao-chl
PRC Party chairman 4: 0504
Logistics
VC 1:0062, 0333
see also Food; Military equipment and supplies;
Supply
Long An Province
1:0731
Manpower
DRV—local forces 3: 0480
NVA 1:0273
recruitment of, by Farmers' Liberation Association
1:0413
shortage—use of women and children 1: 0333
VC 1:0062
see also Defections; deserters; Recruitment
Marx, Karl
doctrines of 1: 0661
Marxism-Leninism
general!: 0661
theories of military organization 5: 0791
Medical affairs
VC problems 1: 0299, 0325
Mekong Delta
general 1: 0616
post-Tet activities in 1: 0451'
Mental attitudes
between NVA and VC 1:0576
on the war 1: 0273, 0299
Military commands
renditions of U.S. 1: 0273
Military equipment and supplies
losses—95th Regiment 1: 0131
NVA 1:0273
sapper 2: 0096
Sino-Soviet to DRV for transshipment to South
Vietnam 1: 0499
VPA 5: 0850
Military forces
NVA 1: 0499; 4: 0659
ROK 1:0352
U.S.1:0352
VC/NVA—refitting of 6: 0803
VPA—local forces 2: 0141, 0480; 5: 0622
Military operations; campaigns, U.S.
CEDAR FALLS 1:0165
Military operations; campaigns, VC/NVA
1965 1:0299
1966 1:0299
1967 Summer Campaign in Phu Yen Province
1:0131
1967-1968 Winter-Spring Campaign 1: 0333,
0339,0360,0406,0413
1968 Tet Offensive 1: 0372, 0380, 0430-0451,
0522, 0661; 4: 0659; 5: 0001, 0382. 0438
1969 Autumn Campaign 2: 0994; 3: 0001
1970 Spring Offensive in Cambodia 3: 0388
1972 Eastertide Offensive 5: 0750; 6: 0060-0208
Military organization
COSVN politico-military organization 1: 0472
Marxist-Leninist theories of 5: 0791
NVA1:0315
VC 1:0062
VPA 5: 0850
Military personnel
losses—95th Regiment 1: 0131
sapper 2: 0096
Military policy VWP
'lighting and negotiating" strategy 1: 0203, 0305,
0532
'lighting many with few" 2: 0194
'lighting strength with weakness" 2: 0194
see also Guerrilla warfare
Military refitting
of NVA/VC 6: 0665, 0803
Military regions (VC)
3 1:0472
4 1:0305
5 1:0173;6:0259
Military relations
between NVA and VC 1: 0576
Military science
North Vietnamese 3: 0348
Military situation
NVA in Phu Yen Province 1: 0131
Military strategy
all-out offensive strategy 1: 0661
COSVN—"decisive victory" 1: 0779, 0846
COSVN Resolution 8 2: 0074
General Offensive-General Uprising 1: 0372,
0584. 0830, 0846; 3: 0001; 4: 0180, 0659;
6:0161
North Vietnamese 2: 0194. 0281; 5: 0850
PRP plan for urban areas 6: 0161, 0208
revolutionary violence 6: 0825
sapper 2: 0096
"Time Opportunity"—propaganda theme 1: 0380
VWP
'lighting and negotiating" strategy 1: 0203,
0305, 0532
'lighting many with few" 2: 0194
"fighting strength with weakness" 2: 0194
military "flexibility" 2: 0194, 0281, 0581
people's war 2: 0194, 0281, 0321
see also Military struggle
Military struggle
1: 0215, 0584; 6: 0468, 0825
Military tradition
Vietnamese Communist 5: 0791, 0850; 6: 0001
Military training
emulation plan 1: 0315
self-criticism 1: 0131. 0352, 0451; 3: 0691
NVA in SVN 1:0030, 0125
VC 1:0360
Military units, NVA/VC
Dong Nai Regiment 1: 0609
2nd Division 1: 0315
3rd Division 1: 0352
9th Division, K2 Battalion 1: 0430
64th Regiment 1:0315
95th Regiment 1: 0131
VC—Unit 206 1:0749
VC—Unit 591 2:0393
Military units, ROK
Capital Infantry Division (Tiger Division) 1: 0638,
0722
9th Infantry Division 1: 0131
Military units, RVN
21st Infantry Division 1: 0945
Military units, U.S.
1st Air Cavalry Division 1: 0173, 0285, 0352
1st Infantry Division 1: 0430, 0609, 0779
1st Marine Division 1: 0413, 0532
3d Marine Division 1: 0273, 0315
4th Infantry Division 1: 0339
9th Infantry Division 1: 0576, 0584, 0616, 0707,
0731,0779,0830
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment 1: 0165
25th Infantry Division 1: 0125, 0491
101st Airborne Division 1: 0576
173rd Airborne Brigade 1: 0741
198th Light Infantry Brigade 1: 0325
199th Light Infantry Brigade 1: 0305
Morale
NVA
95th Regiment 1:0131
in South Vietnam 1: 0030, 0125; 2: 0393
in People's Liberation Armed Forces 3: 0792
VC 1: 0062, 0165, 0325, 0609
see a/so Defections; desertion; Emulation;
Leadership
My Tho area
1:0436,0707
Nambo Resistance Day
declaration 3: 0302
National Assembly, DRV
Fourth—elections 4: 0001. 0087
Fourth—leadership 4: 0710, 0809
general 6: 0060
Standing Committee activities 1: 0422
Third—activities of 4: 0087
National Council of National Reconciliation and
Concord
6:0803
National Defense Council
DRV 6: 0060
National Democratic Coalition Government
1:0584
National Election Law
DRV 4: 0001
Negotiations
North Vietnamese position on 1: 0203
see also Paris Peace negotiations; talks
Neutrality
Cambodian—VC violation of 3: 0388
NLF definition of 1:0584
revolutionary objective 1: 0846
"New Phase" (post-1973)
COSVN Directive 02/73 6: 0468
COSVN Directive 03 6: 0665
DRV cadre policy in 6: 0390
guidance on 6: 0803
political struggle 6: 0390
propaganda activities 6: 0390
Nguyen Don
3: 0480
Nguyen Van Dal
1:0716
Nguyen Van Thleu
administration of 2: 0405
Nhan Dan [The People]
1: 0794; 2: 0448, 0581; 4: 0180
Nixon administration
detente—DRV views on 6: 0687
plan for Vietnamization 2: 0405
NLF
affiliated organizations 5: 0750; 6: 0285
on agriculture 1: 0333
biographic profiles 6: 0285
Central Committee 5: 0750
definitions 1: 0584
DRVs support of 3: 0199, 0605
on DRVs 25th anniversary celebrations 3: 0302
economic matters 1: 0333
NLF cont.
Farmers' Liberation Association support of
1:0413
general 2: 0847
Ho Chi Minh Image Campaign effects on 4: 0710,
0809
ideological education 1: 0584
membership 1: 0564; 5: 0750; 6: 0285
on 1967-1968 Winter-Spring Campaign 1: 0413
organization and structure 5: 0750
on peace negotiations in 1967 1: 0305
political programs 1: 0215
on PRG 5: 0001-0144
PRPpartof 5:0286
on the Revolution 1: 0584
on rural population 1: 0413
support of Laotian and Cambodian fronts 3: 0302
10-Point Peace Plan 5: 0207
Tet Offensive and united front organizations
1:0372
vanguard of 1: 0001
VWP support of 3: 0605
Nong Truong
Unit 591 2: 0393
North Vietnam
see DRV
NVA (in South Vietnam)
An Thai Party Committee 1: 0131
attitudes toward VC 1: 0576
civilian support of 1: 0576
conscripted soldiers 1: 0030, 0125
effectiveness of air strikes on 1: 0030
effectiveness of helicopter assaults on 1: 0030
health situation 1: 0030
homesickness 1: 0030, 0125
ideological education 2: 0393
ideological situation 1: 0352
leadership 1: 0131
manpower 1:0273
military equipment and supplies 1: 0273
military forces—general 1: 0499; 4: 0659
military organization 1: 0315
military outlook in 1973 6: 0687
military personnel—losses 1: 0131
military refitting 6: 0665, 0803
military relations with VC 1: 0576
military situation in Phu Yen Province 1: 0131
military strategy 2: 0194, 0281; 5: 0850
military training 1: 0030, 0125
morale 1: 0030, 0125, 0131; 2: 0393
operations 1:0430
plight of 1:0030, 0125
political indoctrination of 1: 0030, 0125, 0532;
2: 0393
supply buildup 1: 0499
war—personal side of 1: 0030
sea also Military units, NVA; People's Liberation
Armed Forces; VPA
Pacification, GVN
Binh Dinh Resolution against 6: 0825
condemnation of 3: 0302
COSVN Directive 08/74 on military operations
against 6: 0825
counter activities 4: 0659
general 1:0305
VC on 1:0293
Paris Peace negotiations; talks
ceasefire possibility 6: 0161, 0208
effects of, on revolutionary movement in South
Vietnam 5: 0207
"fighting and negotiating" strategy 1: 0203, 0305,
0532
general 2: 0141; 5: 0001
1973 Paris Peace Agreement 6: 0285, 0390,
0803
NLFs 10-Point Plan 5: 0207
NVA political indoctrination on 1: 0532
PRG delegation 5: 0207
U.S. reports to North Vietnamese delegation
1:0499
Peace
NLF definition of 1: 0584
revolutionary objective 1: 0846
U.S. peace movement 3: 0020
People's Liberation Councils and Committees
1: 0491; 5: 0001
People's Liberation Security Forces
in South Vietnam 3: 0525
People's Police Force
in DRV 3: 0525
People's Revolutionary Councils
in rural areas 1: 0491; 5: 0001
People's war
VWP policy 2: 0194, 0281, 0321
Pham Van Dong
1:0462;3:0020
Phong Dlnh Province
1:0451
Phu Huu Hamlet, SVN
NVA operations against 1: 0430
Phu Lol Base (SVN)
U.S.-ARVN—NVA operations against 1: 0430
Phuoc Long Province
1:0576
Phu Yen Province
1:0131.0293
PLAF
biographic profiles 6: 0285
ideological problems 3: 0792
political indoctrination 3: 0792
see also NVA (in South Vietnam); VC
Political affairs
alliances 1:0372
political warfare 1: 0203
power bases in DRV 5: 0518; 6: 0060
VWP—"flexibility" 2: 0194, 0281, 0581
see also Propaganda
Political geography
VC 1:0396; 3: 0762
Political Indoctrination
of NVA in SVN 1: 0030, 0125, 0532; 2: 0393
in People's Liberation Armed Forces 3: 0792
PRP reindoctrination 5: 0382, 0438
of VC 1: 0062, 0360, 0609. 0741
of VPA local forces 5: 0622
by women 1: 0406
see also Emulation; Propaganda; Self-criticism
Political Journals
BaiAnh Viet-Nam2: 0181
Tien Phong (Vanguard) 6: 0208
Tuyen-Huan (Propaganda-Training) 2: 0114,
0708
Political programs
NLF1:0215
Political situation
in Cambodia 3: 0388
in the "New Phase" 6: 0390
in NVA 3rd Division 1: 0352
Political struggle
1: 0215, 0372, 0451, 0584; 6: 0468, 0665
see also "Three-pronged" strategy
Political violence
repression 4: 0285, 0384; 6: 0468
Popular support
lack of, for 1972 revolution in Saigon 6: 0161
of PRG5:0144
of VC 1:0372. 0731
see also Civilians; Propaganda
Population
DRV—militarization of 3: 0480
rural—NLF on 1:0413
treatment of, during Tet Offensive 1: 0436
VC control of 1:0333
see also Administration; Civilians
Post-war planning
by North Vietnam 1: 0716
Pragmatism
VWP on 2: 0581
PRC
Detente 6: 0687
international relations 4: 0504
Liu Shao-chi 4: 0504
military equipment and supplies—to DRV for
transshipment 1:0499
support of Indochinese People's Summit 2: 0847
support of Vietnamese Revolution 6: 0687
Press
Hanoi Domestic Service 2: 0141
Hanoi Moi (New Hanoi) 2: 0744
Nhan Dan (The People) 1: 0794; 2: 0448, 0581;
4:0180
Ouan Doi Nahn Dan (The People's Army) 6: 0687
Viet-Nam News Agency 1: 0255; 2: 0001; 3: 0066
see also Kommunist; Bai Anh Viet-Nam
PRG (PRGSVN)
Advisory Council to the Government 5: 0061
biographic profiles 6: 0285
diplomatic offensive 5: 0207
DRV support of 3: 0605
on DRV's 25th anniversary celebrations 3: 0302
establishment 1: 0759; 5: 0001-0207
general 2: 0847; 4: 0087
Ho Chi Minh Image Campaign effects on 4: 0710,
0809
international propaganda 5: 0207
membership 5: 0061, 0750; 6: 0285
NLF 5: 0001-0144
organization 1: 0759; 5: 0061, 0750
Ten-Point Lenient and Humanitarian Policy
5: 0750
VWP support of 3: 0605
Prisoners of war
U.S.—exhibition of 1: 0945
Propaganda
cadre activities 2: 0114, 0708
general 1:0203; 6: 0468
Ho Chi Minh Image Campaign 4: 0710, 0809
international 6: 0803, 0825
PRG 5: 0207
in support of PRG 5: 0144
Tet Offensive samples of leaflets 1: 0380
'Time Opportunity"—propaganda theme 1: 0380
Tuyen-Huan (Propaganda-Training) 2: 0114,
0708
against U.S. 6: 0803
use of U.S. prisoners of war in 1: 0945
by women 1: 0406
see also Ideological education; Political
indoctrination; Political journals
Proselytizing
general 1: 0215
intensification of 1: 0779; 2: 0994
organizations 1:0372
post-let 1: 0451
against religious organizations 1: 0779
"three-prong" strategy 1: 0339
women 1:0406
PRP
administration of liberated areas 6: 0259
biographic sketches 1: 0001; 6: 0285
COSVN control of 5: 0286
elections 5: 0382
history 1: 0001; 5: 0286
ideological education 5: 0382, 0438
inspections system 5: 0382
membership 5: 0750; 6: 0285
NLF 5: 0286
organization and structure 1: 0001; 5: 0286, 0750
plan for revolution in Saigon 6: 0161
political reindoctrination 5: 0382, 0438
on PRG 5: 0001, 00614
problems 5: 0382, 0438
Provincial Standing Committees 1: 0436, 0451
relations with civilians 1: 0183
reorientation course 1: 0305
response to VC problems 1: 0062
in rural areas 1: 0183
Saigon Regional Committee 5: 0286
strategy and tactics 5: 0286
in urban areas—military plan for 6: 0161, 0208
VWP 5: 0286
see also COSVN; NLF; Political indoctrination
Psychological warfare
VC 1:0339
see also Proselytizing
Public Security Sector
of DRV 3: 0525
Punishment
DRV—for counterrevolutionary activities 1: 0422
VC system of 1:0173
Quan Dol Nhan Dan (People's Army)
6: 0687
Quang Da Farmers' Association (VC)
1:0413
Quang Nam Province
1:0315,0325,0413,0532
Quang Ngai Province
1:0299,0325,0339
Quang Tri Province
1:0273
Radio Hanoi
1: 0255, 0422, 0661, 0716; 6: 0687
Rear services
women support of 1: 0406
see also Logistics; Supply
Recruitment
VC problems 1:0741
VC problems in Sub-Region 5 3: 0691
VPA—local forces 5: 0622
Religion
DRV policy on 1:0193
proselytizing of organizations 1: 0722
Repression
Communist 1: 0173
revolutionary violence—political violence 4: 0285,
0384
struggle for power in SVN 6: 0468
Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
target of proselytizing 1: 0339
Revolutionary matters
commitment problems in People's Liberation
Armed Forces 3: 0792
"dialectical unity"—revolutionary character of VPA
6: 0001
methods—VWP policy on 2: 0581
movement in South Vietnam—effects of Paris
Peace Talks on 5: 0207
movement in South Vietnam and DRV's mission
4:0180
organizations 5: 0750; 6: 0285
situation—VC 1: 0830
Vietnamese revolutionary line 4: 0504
violence 4: 0285, 0384; 6: 0825
see also Administration; Doctrine;
"Three-pronged" strategy
Rice
1:0333
Rural areas
People's Revolutionary Councils in 1: 0491
PRP in 1:0183
Salgon-Cholon area
general 1:0584
PRP plan for revolution in 6: 0161
Saigon Regional Committee
of the PRP 5: 0286
Sapper
analysis of the 2: 0096
see also Guerrilla warfare
Security
forces—DRV 3: 0525
forces—VC 3: 0525
repression 4: 0285, 0384
VC problems 1: 0731
Self-criticism
assessments of Tet Offensive 1: 0451
of the NVA 3rd Division 1: 0352
of the NVA 95th Regiment 1: 0131
in Sub-Region 5 3: 0691
see also After-action reports
Self-sufficiency
VC 1:0638, 0749
see also Food
Sihanouk, Norodom
2: 0847
Slno-Sovlet Crisis
1:0305;4:0504
Socialist construction
of DRV 2: 0141; 4: 0659
Song Cau District, Phu Yen Province
1:0293
Song Hao
2: 0321
Southern Revolution
mission of North Vietnam 4: 0180
VWP policy on 2: 0581
VWP support of 3: 0605
see also COSVN; PRP
South Vietnam Liberation Army
Military Affairs Party Committee 1: 0576
see also PLAF; VC
Standing Committee of B1
COSVN 1:0576
State Planning Commission
DRV 1:0716
State Plans, DRV
1968 1:0462
1969 1:0716
1970 2:0744
1971 3:0605
Strategy, Communist
'lighting and negotiating" 1: 0203, 0305, 0532
guerrilla warfare 1: 0293; 2: 0281, 0994; 3: 0001;
4:0659:5:03826:0161,0803
military struggle 1: 0215, 0584; 6: 0468, 0825
political struggle 1: 0215. 0372. 0451, 0584;
6: 0468, 0665
revolutionary violence 4: 0285, 0384; 6: 0825
in South Vietnam 6: 0825
"three-prong" 1: 0215; 0305, 0339; 6: 0665
see also Military strategy
Sub-Regions (COSVN)
1—Current Affairs Committee 1: 0779
3—Current Affairs Committee of T3 1: 0616,
0731
5—VC capabilities 3: 0691
Subversion
in the "New Phase" 6: 0803
see also Guerrilla warfare; Terrorism; terrorist
activities
Supplies
buildup—NVA role in SVN 1: 0499
procurement by Farmers' Liberation Association
1:0413
see also Logistics; Military equipment and
supplies
Taxation, VC
collection—agriculture 1: 0333
general 1:0638
levying 1:0707
Tay Ninh Province
1:0360
Ten-Point Lenient and Humanitarian Policy
of the PRG 5: 0750
10-Polnt Peace Plan
5: 0207
Territorial administrative organizations
1:0372
see also Administration
Terrorism; terrorist activities
assassination 1: 0173, 0293, 0522; 4: 0285, 0384
Binh Dinh Resolution 6: 0825
suicide operations 1: 0285, 0436
during Tet Offensive 1: 0436
use of, in "New Phase" 6: 0803
VC youth 1:0285
Tet Offensive (1968)
after-action report—K2 Battalion, NVA 9th
Division 1:0430
all-out offensive strategy 1: 0661
assessments of 1: 0451, 0522
COSVN Resolution 6 on 1: 0522
formation of united front organizations 1: 0372
general 4: 0659; 5: 0001, 0382, 0438
propaganda leaflets 1: 0380
Quang Da Farmers' Association support of
1:0413
treatment of populace directives during 1: 0436
women in 1: 0406
see also General Offensive-General Uprising
strategy
Thon Bac Battle Area
Phu Yen Province 1: 0131
Thought reform
1:0173
see also Ideological education; Political
indoctrination; Punishment
IIICTZ
1:0830
"Three-pronged" strategy
1:0215,0305,0339;6:0665
see also Military struggle; Political struggle;
Proselytizing
Tien Phong [ Vanguard\
6: 0208
"Time Opportunity"
propaganda theme 1: 0380
Trade
VC 1:0638
Training
VC—general 1:0707
VC—technical skills 1:0638
see also Military training
Tran Do
3: 0792
Transportation system
DRV 1:0716
Truong Chlnh
1:0661,0794;2:0181,0785
Tuyen-Huan (Propaganda-Training)
2:0114,0708
IICTZ
2: 0393
United front organizations; activities
general 1: 0372; 5: 0061
VANDPF 1: 0569; 5: 0001, 0061, 0750; 6: 0285
VWP policy on 2: 0581
see also NLF
United States
peace movement 3: 0020
prisoners of war—VC exhibition of 1: 0945
reports on North Vietnamese role in SVN 1: 0499
response to 1975 Communist plans 6: 0825
Vietnam ization 2: 0405; 4: 0659
withdrawal from SVN 2: 0141
Unit 206 (VC)
directive issued by commander of 1: 0749
Unit 591 (VC)
directive from military command of 2: 0393
Uprising committees
1:0372
see also Administration; Revolutionary matters
Uprising policy
COSVN Resolution 6 1: 0522
Urban areas
assessment of Tet Offensive results in 1: 0522
carrying of war into 3: 0001
1972 PRP plans for revolution in 6: 0161, 0208
see also Danang (Da Nang); Saigon-Chalon area
USSR
centenary celebrations—V. I. Lenin 2: 0785
Detente 6: 0687
general 1:0255
international relations 4: 0504
Kommunist 2: 0785
military equipment and supplies—to DRV for
transshipment 1:0499
support of Indochinese People's Summit 2: 0847
support of Vietnamese Revolution 2: 0785;
6: 0687
VANDPF
biographic profiles 6: 0285
membership 5: 0750; 6: 0285
organization and structure 5: 0750
political program 1: 0569
on PRG 5: 0001,0061
see also PRG; United front organizations;
activities
Van Tien Dung
2: 0281
VC
agriculture 1: 0333, 0413, 0638
attitudes 1:0576
biographic profiles 6: 0285
business transactions 1: 0638
in Cambodia 3: 0388
capabilities 3: 0691
Chau Thanh District Supply Council 1: 0165
civilians 1: 0165, 0333, 0406; 3: 0792
combat effectiveness 1: 0062
construction activities 1: 0707
COSVN Sub-Region 5 3: 0691
defections; desertion 1: 0731, 0741
doctrine 1:0062
effectiveness of air strikes on 1: 0030
effectiveness of helicopter assaults on 1: 0030
effect of pacification on 1: 0293
food 1: 0030, 0325, 0413, 0638, 0749
hardships 1:0299
ideological education and situation 1: 0609, 0741
infrastructure 1: 0131, 0183, 0293; 2: 0945;
5: 0382
intelligence activities 1: 0165
labor 1:0333
leadership 1: 0165, 0609
logistics 1:0062, 0333
manpower 1:0062
medical affairs 1: 0299, 0325
military forces 6: 0803
military organization 1: 0062
military refitting 6: 0665, 0803
VC cont.
military regions 1: 0173, 0305, 0472; 6: 0259
military relations 1: 0576
military training 1: 0360
morale 1: 0062, 0165, 0325, 0609
political geography 1: 0396; 3: 0762
political indoctrination 1: 0062, 0360, 0609, 0741
politico-military organization—COSVN 1: 0472
popular support 1: 0372, 0731
population control 1: 0333
PRP 1:0062
psychological warfare 1: 0339
punishment system 1: 0173
Quang Da Farmers' Association 1: 0413
recruitment 1: 0741; 3: 0691
revolutionary situation 1: 0830
security problems 1: 0731
security forces 3: 0525
self-criticism 3: 0691
self-sufficiency 1: 0638, 0749
supply activities 1: 0165
taxation 1: 0333, 0638, 0707
terrorist activities 1: 0285
trade 1:0638
training 1: 0638, 0707
U.S. prisoners of war—exhibition of 1: 0945
on war conditions 1: 0062
youth activities 1: 0285
Vietnamese Revolution
assessment of 2: 0581
in Leninist theory 2: 0785
PRO support of 6: 0687
Soviet support of 2: 0785; 6: 0687
see also DRV; Indochina Communist party;
Socialist construction
Vletnamlzation
counter-activities 4: 0659
Liberation Radio commentary on 2: 0405
Vlet-Nam News Agency
1:0255; 2: 0001; 3: 0066
Vlnh Phu Province (DRV)
1:0794
Vo Nguyen Glap
2: 0141; 4: 0504; 5: 0791, 0850; 6: 0001
VPA
doctrine 6: 0001
ideological education 2: 0321; 5: 0622
local forces 2: 0141, 0480; 5: 0622
military equipment and supplies 1: 0499; 5: 0850
military organization 5:0580
military outlook 6: 0687
military tradition of 5: 0791, 0850; 6: 0001
modernizing of 6: 0001
Quan Doi Nhan Dan 6: 0687
recruitment 5: 0622
revolutionary character—"dialectical unity"
6: 0001
25th anniversary of 2: 0141, 0194-0321
VWP leadership of 2: 0321; 6: 0001, 0494
VWP (Lao Dong Party)
agriculture policy 2: 0581
application of Marxism-Leninism 1: 0661
bylaw comparison 1: 0001
Central Committee
biographic sketches 6: 0494
control of PRP 5: 0286
December 1963 resolution 4: 0180, 0504
general 1:0629; 4: 0180
19th Plenary Session 3: 0605
Ninth Conference (1963) 4: 0504
Politburo 6: 0060, 0390, 0494
power base 6: 0060
control of COSVN 1:0841
Central Military Party Committee 3: 0348, 0480;
6: 0060
economic policy 2: 0581
"flexibility" 2: 0194, 0281, 0581
40th anniversary of 2: 0448
general 1:0255
history 2: 0448
ideological education of VPA 2: 0321; 5: 0622
industrial policy 2: 0581
leadership
general 4: 0659
policy on 2: 0581
of VPA 2: 0321; 6: 0001, 0494
membership 6: 0060, 0494
military policy 1: 0203, 0305, 0532; 2: 0194
military theory, strategy, and tactics of 2: 0194,
0281,0321
party line and policies 2: 0581; 3: 0020, 0605;
4:0504
people's war policy 2: 0194, 0281, 0321
political base 1: 0661
pragmatism 2: 0581
PRP 5: 0286
revolutionary methods 2: 0581
South Branch of 1: 0001
on Southern Revolution 2: 0581; 3: 0605
state of the 4: 0659
Statute of the Party 5: 0518
support of NLF and PRG 3: 0605
on united front organizations 2: 0581
war policies 2: 0194
War
de-Americanization of 2: 0141
mental attitudes on 1: 0273
personal side of 1: 0030
policies—COSVN Resolution 8 2: 0074
policies—VWP 2: 0194
progress 1: 0030, 0125
situation 1: 0830, 0846; 3: 0605; 4: 0087
Vo Nguyen Giap on 2: 0141
Warfare
guerrilla 1: 0293; 2: 0281, 0994; 3: 0001; 4: 0659;
5:0382;6:0161,0803
limited 1:0131
see also Military strategy
Welfare activities
of women 1: 0406
see also Civilians
Women
support of 1967-1968 Winter-Spring Campaign
1:0406
use as agricultural labor 1: 0333
Women's Liberation Committee
of Binh Dinh Province—Current Affairs
Committee 1:0406
World opinion
1:0305
see also Propaganda
Xuan, Huong
see Huong Xuan
Youth
Ho Chi Minn Image Campaign 4: 0710, 0809
VC organization 1: 0285
VIETNAM WAR RESEARCH COLLECTIONS
RECORDS OF THE MILITARY ASSISTANCE COMMAND VIETNAM
Part 1. The War in Vietnam, 1954-1973
Part 2. Classified Studies from the Combined Intelligence
Center Vietnam, 1965-1873
Part 3. Progress Reports on Pacification In South Vietnam, 1965-1973
RECORDS OF THE U.S. MARINE CORPS IN THE VIETNAM WAR
Part 1. Fleet Marine Force, Pacific Command Histories, 1964-1973
Part 2. Ill Marine Amphibious Force Command Histories, 1964-1971
Part 3. Divisional Command Histories, 1965-1971
TRANSCRIPTS AND FILES OF THE PARIS PEACE TALKS
ON VIETNAM, 1968-1973
U.S. ARMED FORCES IN VIETNAM, 1954-1975
Part One. Indochina Studies
Part Two. Vietnam: Lessons Learned
Part Three. Vietnam: Reports of U.S. Army Operations
Part Four. Vietnam: U.S. Army Senior Officer Debriefing Reports
U.S. ARMY BUILD-UP AND ACTIVITIES IN
SOUTH VIETNAM, 1965-1972
VIETNAM : A DOCUMENTARY COLLECTION
Records of the Westmoreland v. CBS case
VIETNAM DOCUMENTS AND RESEARCH NOTES SERIES:
Translation and Analysis of Significant
Viet Cong/North Vietnamese Documents
THE WAR IN VIETNAM: CLASSIFIED HISTORIES BY
THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA